# include

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈkluːd/ · frequency rank #620

## Definitions
1. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
2. To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
3. To enclose, confine.
4. To conclude; to terminate.
5. To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.

## Etymology
From Middle English includen, borrowed from Latin inclūdere (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudere (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”). Doublet of enclose. Displaced native Old English belūcan (“to include,” also “to shut in”).

## Easily confused with
- **intrude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/include-vs-intrude)
- **included** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/include-vs-included)
- **includes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/include-vs-includes)
- **incline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incline-vs-include)

## Common misspellings (10)
`icnlude`, `incclude`, `incldue`, `incllude`, `includde`, `inclued`, `inculde`, `inlcude`, `innclude`, `niclude`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/include