# increment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪŋkɹɪmn̩t/ · frequency rank #30,457

## Definitions
1. The action of increasing or becoming greater.
2. The amount of increase.
3. An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, […] think on these things."
4. The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
5. A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.

## Etymology
From Middle English encrement, increment, from Latin incrēmentum, from incrēscō (whence increase), from in- + crēscō (“grow”). Equivalent to increase + -ment.

## Easily confused with
- **incremental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/increment-vs-incremental)
- **inclement** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inclement-vs-increment)
- **incitement** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incitement-vs-increment)

## Common misspellings (14)
`icnrement`, `inccrement`, `incerment`, `increemnt`, `incremennt`, `incrementt`, `incremetn`, `incremment`, `incremnet`, `incrmeent`, `incrrement`, `inncrement`, `inrcement`, `nicrement`

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