ingest
/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst/verb, noun
ingest is spelled I-N-G-E-S-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, ingest means “To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ingest?
| Letters | 6: I-N-G-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ingest?
Ingest appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ingest?
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst/
Ingest has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ingest.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ingest?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ingest.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: signet.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ingest
- ingests present, singular, he/she/it
- ingesting participle, present
- ingested participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ingest mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
- 2
To cause (an undesired object or fluid) to enter the engine, generally via the intake.
The plane's engine ingested a large bird and flamed out.
- 3
To bring or import into a system.
noun
- 1
The process of importing data or other material into a system.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ingest in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ingérer |
| German | aufnehmen, einnehmen vt. (Med.) |
| Portuguese | ingerir |
| Spanish | ingerir, deglutir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ingest come from?
From Latin ingerō (“to carry in”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).