# incur

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈkɜː/ · frequency rank #19,620

## Definitions
1. To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
2. To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
3. To enter or pass into.
4. To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.

## Etymology
From Middle English incurren, from Anglo-Norman encurir, Middle French encourir, from Old French encorre, from Latin incurrere.

## Easily confused with
- **inner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incur-vs-inner)
- **input** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incur-vs-input)
- **infer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incur-vs-infer)
- **Indus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incur-vs-indus)
- **Inoue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incur-vs-inoue)
- **injury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incur-vs-injury)
- **insure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incur-vs-insure)
- **injure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incur-vs-injure)
- **inc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inc-vs-incur)
- **ICU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/icu-vs-incur)
- **inch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inch-vs-incur)
- **incl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incl-vs-incur)
- **Inca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inca-vs-incur)
- **Ince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ince-vs-incur)

## Common misspellings (7)
`icnur`, `inccur`, `incru`, `incurr`, `inncur`, `inucr`, `nicur`

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