# induce

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈduːs/ · frequency rank #13,736

## Definitions
1. To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
2. To cause, bring about, lead to.
3. To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
4. To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
5. To infer by induction.
6. To lead in, bring in, introduce.
7. To draw on, place upon.

## Etymology
From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.

## Easily confused with
- **Indus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/induce-vs-indus)
- **Inoue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/induce-vs-inoue)
- **insure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/induce-vs-insure)
- **injure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/induce-vs-injure)
- **infuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/induce-vs-infuse)
- **induced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/induce-vs-induced)
- **indulge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/induce-vs-indulge)
- **Ince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ince-vs-induce)
- **indie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-induce)
- **indica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indica-vs-induce)
- **indict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indict-vs-induce)
- **Indore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indore-vs-induce)
- **indices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indices-vs-induce)

## Common misspellings (8)
`idnuce`, `indcue`, `indduce`, `inducce`, `induec`, `innduce`, `inudce`, `niduce`

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