# congratulate

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/ · frequency rank #13,122

## Definitions
1. To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
2. To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.

## Etymology
First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin grātulor (“to wish joice, rejoice (with); to congratulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + grātulor, from grātus (“grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved”) + -or. By surface analysis, con- + gratulate.

## Common misspellings (18)
`ccongratulate`, `cnogratulate`, `cognratulate`, `congartulate`, `conggratulate`, `congratluate`, `congrattulate`, `congratualte`, `congratulaet`, `congratulatte`, `congratullate`, `congratultae`, `congrautlate`, `congrratulate`, `congrtaulate`, `conngratulate`, `conrgatulate`, `ocngratulate`

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