# inspect

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈspɛkt/ · frequency rank #12,445

## Definitions
1. To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
2. To observe the status or nature of an object beyond what is found obvious upon its initial presentation; to 'view within' the object.
3. To view and examine officially.

## Etymology
From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + specere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- + -spect.

## Easily confused with
- **inspector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inspect-vs-inspector)
- **inset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-inspect)
- **insert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insert-vs-inspect)
- **insect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insect-vs-inspect)
- **inject** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inject-vs-inspect)
- **infect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infect-vs-inspect)
- **insects** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insects-vs-inspect)

## Common misspellings (11)
`innspect`, `inpsect`, `insepct`, `inspcet`, `inspecct`, `inspectt`, `inspetc`, `insppect`, `insspect`, `isnpect`, `nispect`

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