# intake

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪnteɪk/ · frequency rank #7,352

## Definitions
1. The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
2. The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
3. The quantity taken in.
4. An act or instance of taking in.
5. A nostril, especially a large one.
6. The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
7. The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
8. A tract of land enclosed.
9. Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
10. The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.

## Etymology
From English dialectal (Northern England/Scotland), deverbal of take in, equivalent to in- + take. More at in-, take.

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

## Common misspellings (8)
`inatke`, `inntake`, `intaek`, `intakke`, `intkae`, `inttake`, `itnake`, `nitake`

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