Ingram

[ˈɪŋɡɹəm]

/[ˈɪŋɡɹəm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ingram” is uncommon German (frequency #74,730 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,730
frequency rank, German
17,725
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ingram MAC-10, von Gordon Ingram entwickelte Maschinenpistole

Key facts for Ingram
PropertyValue
HeadwordIngram
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɪŋɡɹəm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Ingram” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Ingram lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ingram is uncommon German at frequency #74,730 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪŋɡɹəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ingram MAC-10, von Gordon Ingram entwickelte Maschinenpistole".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ingram, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ingram, spelled I-N-G-R-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ingram MAC-10, von Gordon Ingram entwickelte Maschinenpistole

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ingram"?
"Ingram" is spelled I-N-G-R-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪŋɡɹəm].
What does "Ingram" mean?
As a noun, "Ingram" means: Ingram MAC-10, von Gordon Ingram entwickelte Maschinenpistole
How do you pronounce "Ingram"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ingram" is [ˈɪŋɡɹəm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ingram" come from?
"Ingram" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Ingram”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is I-N-G-R-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈɪŋɡɹəm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list