congratulatory
/kɒŋˌɡɹæt͡ʃuːˈleɪtəɹiː/
"congratulatory" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“congratulatory” has 22 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,181
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Serving to congratulate.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congratulatory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɒŋˌɡɹæt͡ʃuːˈleɪtəɹiː/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #40,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “congratulatory” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around congratulatory (IPA /kɒŋˌɡɹæt͡ʃuːˈleɪtəɹiː/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,181 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Serving to congratulate.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for congratulatory, with forms such as "ccongratulatory", "cnogratulatory", and "cognratulatory". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From congratulate + -ory. The correct English form is congratulatory, spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Serving to congratulate.
Etymology
From congratulate + -ory.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccongratulatory
- cnogratulatory
- cognratulatory
- congartulatory
- conggratulatory
- congratluatory
- congrattulatory
- congratualtory
- congratulaotry
- congratulatorry
- congratulatoryy
- congratulatoyr
- congratulatroy
- congratulattory
- congratullatory
- congratultaory
- congrautlatory
- congrratulatory
- congrtaulatory
- conngratulatory
- conrgatulatory
- ocngratulatory
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of congratulatory - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “congratulatory”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-O-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɒŋˌɡɹæt͡ʃuːˈleɪtəɹiː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.