# inflame

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈfleɪm/ · frequency rank #48,291

## Definitions
1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
2. To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
3. To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
4. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
6. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

## Etymology
From Middle English inflammen, enflamen, enflaumen, from Old French enflammer (“to inflame”), from Latin inflammō (“to kindle, set on fire”, verb), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”), equivalent to in- + flame.

## Easily confused with
- **inflate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inflame-vs-inflate)
- **inflated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inflame-vs-inflated)
- **inflamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inflame-vs-inflamed)
- **infamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infamy-vs-inflame)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ifnlame`, `infalme`, `infflame`, `inflaem`, `inflamme`, `infllame`, `inflmae`, `inlfame`, `innflame`, `niflame`

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