Ingrid

/[ˈɪŋɡʁɪt]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,221

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Ingrid is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [ˈɪŋɡʁɪt]. It ranks #9,221 in German word frequency.

Key facts for Ingrid
PropertyValue
HeadwordIngrid
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈɪŋɡʁɪt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,221
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ingrid in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ingrid is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɪŋɡʁɪt]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,221 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ingrid, with forms such as "ignrid", "inggrid", and "ingird". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Ingrid, spelled I-N-G-R-I-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ignrid,inggrid,ingird,ingrdi,ingridd,ingrrid,inngrid,inrgid,nigrid

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ingrid

Misspelling Variants of "Ingrid"

ignrid6inggrid7ingird6ingrdi6ingridd7ingrrid7inngrid7inrgid6
Misspelling Variants of "Ingrid"

Frequency rank: #9,221 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ingrid"?
"Ingrid" is spelled I-N-G-R-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪŋɡʁɪt].
What does "Ingrid" mean?
As a name, "Ingrid" means: weiblicher Vorname
What are common misspellings of "Ingrid"?
Common misspellings include "ignrid", "inggrid", "ingird", "ingrdi", "ingridd". The correct spelling is "Ingrid".
How do you pronounce "Ingrid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ingrid" is [ˈɪŋɡʁɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ingrid" come from?
"Ingrid" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.