# infuse

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈfjuz/ · frequency rank #36,191

## Definitions
1. To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
2. To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
4. To instill as a quality.
5. To undergo infusion.
6. To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
7. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

## Etymology
From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.

## Easily confused with
- **Inoue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infuse-vs-inoue)
- **insure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infuse-vs-insure)
- **injure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infuse-vs-injure)
- **Indus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indus-vs-infuse)
- **induce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/induce-vs-infuse)
- **incase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incase-vs-infuse)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ifnuse`, `inffuse`, `infsue`, `infues`, `infusse`, `innfuse`, `inufse`, `nifuse`

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