# inhale

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈheɪl/ · frequency rank #20,967

## Definitions
1. To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
2. To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in the form of aerosols/smoke, sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
3. To eat very quickly.

## Etymology
From Latin inhalare (“to breathe on (breathe in)”), from in (“in, into, on”) + halare (“to breathe”).

## Easily confused with
- **insane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inhale-vs-insane)
- **intake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inhale-vs-intake)
- **invade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inhale-vs-invade)
- **inmate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inhale-vs-inmate)
- **innate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inhale-vs-innate)
- **inhaler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inhale-vs-inhaler)
- **inane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inane-vs-inhale)
- **incase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incase-vs-inhale)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ihnale`, `inahle`, `inhael`, `inhalle`, `inhhale`, `inhlae`, `innhale`, `nihale`

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