init
/ˈɪn.ɪt/noun, verb, contraction
init is spelled I-N-I-T: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, init means “Clipping of initialization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of init is inits.
How many letters and syllables are in init?
| Letters | 4: I-N-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 init?
Init appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 init?
- US /ˈɪn.ɪt/
Init has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-init.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with init
Also written: in it (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with init?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as init from its last stressed vowel (/ɪnɪt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: inti.
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 init
- inits plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- initing participle, present
- inited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does init mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clipping of initialization.
After the sixth successive system init he had to concede that the database was corrupt.
verb
- 1
Clipping of initialize.
It actually only requires a few bytes to be zeroised to init the drive.
contraction
- 1
Alternative form of innit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does init come from?
Clipping of initialize or initialization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).