# ingestion

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/ · frequency rank #29,321

## Definitions
1. The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.
2. The process of ingesting something into a jet engine or an instance.
3. Any intake of a substance into an organism.
4. Intake of data into a computer system.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ingestionem, accusative of ingestio (“a pouring in”), action noun of the perfect passive participle of ingerere (“pour in”), from in- (“in, into”) + gero (“to carry, to bear”).

## Easily confused with
- **intention** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingestion-vs-intention)
- **invention** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingestion-vs-invention)
- **injection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingestion-vs-injection)
- **insertion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingestion-vs-insertion)
- **infection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infection-vs-ingestion)
- **inception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inception-vs-ingestion)
- **indigestion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indigestion-vs-ingestion)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ignestion`, `inegstion`, `ingesiton`, `ingession`, `ingesstion`, `ingestino`, `ingestionn`, `ingestoin`, `ingesttion`, `ingetsion`, `inggestion`, `ingsetion`, `inngestion`, `nigestion`

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