congratz

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"congratz" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“congratz” is uncommon English (frequency #80,339 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,339
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - congratulations

Corpus desk

Index EN-congratz · congratz · English

congratz · rank #80,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,339
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH congressional…

Nearest frequency peer: congressionally (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “congratz”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “congratz” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for congratz
PropertyValue
Headwordcongratz
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,339
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “congratz” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).congratzfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “congressionally” (#80,340), “compactly” (#80,336), “commutator” (#80,335). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “congratz” is #80,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

congratz is uncommon English at frequency #80,339 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "congratulations".

No misspelling variants are generated for congratz in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From congrats + -z. The correct English form is congratz, spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    congratulations

Etymology

From congrats + -z.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "congratz"?
"congratz" is spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-T-Z.
What does "congratz" mean?
As an interjection, "congratz" means: congratulations
What is the origin of the word "congratz"?
From congrats + -z. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "congratz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

clucking#80,324choicest#80,316deadbolt#80,366deriding#80,377

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list