# inset

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɪnsɛt/ · frequency rank #34,939

## Definitions
1. To set in; infix or implant.
2. To insert something.
3. To add an inset to something.

## Etymology
From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”), equivalent to in- + set. Cognate with Dutch inzetten (“to insert, set in”), Low German insetten (“to set in”), German einsetzen (“to insert, employ”), Danish indsætte (“to insert”), Swedish insätta (“to inset, induct, institute”), Icelandic innsetja (“to install”).

## Easily confused with
- **int** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-int)
- **intel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-intel)
- **Inuit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-inuit)
- **islet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-islet)
- **invest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-invest)
- **intent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-intent)
- **insist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-insist)
- **insult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-insult)
- **invent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-invent)
- **invert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-invert)
- **inspect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-inspect)
- **ins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ins-vs-inset)
- **init** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/init-vs-inset)
- **Ince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ince-vs-inset)
- **Inez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inez-vs-inset)
- **index** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/index-vs-inset)
- **inner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inner-vs-inset)
- **input** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/input-vs-inset)
- **inlet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inlet-vs-inset)
- **infer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infer-vs-inset)

## Common misspellings (7)
`inest`, `innset`, `insett`, `insset`, `inste`, `isnet`, `niset`

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