# involve

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈvɒlv/ · frequency rank #4,458

## Definitions
1. To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
2. To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
3. To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
4. To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
5. To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.
6. To cover or envelop (something) completely; to hide, to surround.
7. To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round.
8. To make (something) intricate; to complicate.
9. To multiply (a number) by itself a given number of times; to raise to any assigned power.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *h₁én
From Late Middle English involven (“to cloud; to encumber; to envelop, surround; to ponder (something); (reflexive) to concern (oneself) with something”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French involver, envoudre, or from its etymon Latin involvere, the present active infinitive of Latin involvō (“to roll to or upon something; to roll about; to coil or curl up; to cover; to envelop, wrap up; to overwhelm”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + volvō (“to roll; to tumble”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn; to wind (turn coils)”)).

## Easily confused with
- **involved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/involve-vs-involved)
- **invoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invoke-vs-involve)
- **invoice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invoice-vs-involve)

## Common misspellings (10)
`innvolve`, `inovlve`, `invlove`, `involev`, `invollve`, `involvve`, `invovle`, `invvolve`, `ivnolve`, `nivolve`

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