integrate
/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/verb
integrate is spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-A-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, integrate means “To include as a constituent part or functionality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in integrate?
| Letters | 9: I-N-T-E-G-R-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 integrate?
Integrate appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 integrate?
- UK /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/
- British /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/
- British [ˈĭn.tĭ.ɡɹeɪ̯t]
Integrate has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-integrate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with integrate?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as integrate from its last stressed vowel (/ɪntɪɡɹeɪt/, British pronunciation):
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 integrate
- integrates present, singular, he/she/it
- integrating participle, present
- integrated participle, past
- more integrate comparative
- most integrate superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does integrate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To include as a constituent part or functionality.
They were keen to integrate their new skills into the performance.
- 2
To join a group or an environment harmoniously; to make oneself fit in.
The refugees integrated well into the community.
- 3
To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
- 4
To give the sum or total of a varying quantity over an interval such as a period of time or an area.
- 5
To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of an equation.
- 6
To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.
President Eisenhower had to call out the National Guard to integrate Little Rock Central High School.
- 7
To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them.
adjective
- 1
obsoletecomposite
- 2
obsoletewhole, complete, perfect
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Integrate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | integrieren |
| French | intégrer |
| Portuguese | integrar |
| Spanish | integrar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does integrate come from?
First attested in the 1450's as an adjective, first attested in 1638 as a verb; from Middle English integrat(e) (“intact, whole”), borrowed from Latin integrātus, perfect passive participle of integrō (“to make whole, renew, repair, begin again”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from integer (“whole, fresh”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See integer and integral.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).