# ingest

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst/ · frequency rank #35,778

## Definitions
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.
3. To bring or import into a system.

## Etymology
From Latin ingerō (“I carry in”).

## Easily confused with
- **inlet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-inlet)
- **inset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-inset)
- **invest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-invest)
- **intent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-intent)
- **insist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-insist)
- **insert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-insert)
- **insect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-insect)
- **invent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-invent)
- **inject** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-inject)
- **invert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-invert)
- **inquest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-inquest)
- **ingress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-ingress)
- **inept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inept-vs-ingest)
- **inert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inert-vs-ingest)
- **incest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incest-vs-ingest)
- **infect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infect-vs-ingest)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ignest`, `inegst`, `ingesst`, `ingestt`, `ingets`, `inggest`, `ingset`, `inngest`, `nigest`

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