Words

Having trouble with a word that has multiple meanings or spellings? Struggling with a word that can be both a noun and a verb, or a noun and an adjective, and et cetera? Read below. If you believe an entry is missing, make a pull request.

Note

This page is a work-in-progress.

Log in versus login

• Login is a noun. Enter your Marketo login credentials.
• Log in is a phrasal verb or verb phrase. Log in to the AWS console.

Further examples

Login:

• When you login to your account, click the navigation menu. ❌
• Use your login credentials to access the developer portal. ✅

Log in:

• Take note of your log in details for later use in Matillion ETL. ❌
• Navigate to the Stripe developer portal and log in with your login credentials. ✅

Log in to versus log into

Always use log in to and not log into.

• Log into your Salesforce account. ❌
• Login to your Stripe account. ❌
• Log in to your Matillion account. ✅

What about "sign in"?

• Never use signin as a noun the way you would use login.
• Never use sign into as a verb phrase.
• Only use sign in to instead of log in to if directly quoting a UI element from another service or directly quoting instructions from other documentation.