# incorporate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/ · frequency rank #8,947

## Definitions
1. To include (something) as a part.
2. To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend
3. To admit as a member of a company
4. To form into a legal company.
5. To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).
6. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.
7. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

## Etymology
From Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, perfect passive participle of incorporō (“to embody, to incorporate”), from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”).

## Easily confused with
- **incorporated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incorporate-vs-incorporated)

## Common misspellings (16)
`icnorporate`, `inccorporate`, `incoprorate`, `incoroprate`, `incorpoarte`, `incorporaet`, `incorporatte`, `incorporrate`, `incorportae`, `incorpporate`, `incorproate`, `incorrporate`, `incroporate`, `inncorporate`, `inocrporate`, `nicorporate`

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