gratify
/ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/
"gratify" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gratify” is uncommon English (frequency #68,266 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,266
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To please.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gratify · gratify · English
gratify · rank #68,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,266
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grift
Nearest frequency peer: grift (+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 “gratify”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gracilis
gracilis
31,739 corpus weight
- gratify
gratify
31,735 corpus weight
- grift
grift
31,734 corpus weight
- Grigory
Grigory
31,733 corpus weight
- grovel
grovel
31,732 corpus weight
- grunted
grunted
31,731 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gratify” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gratify |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gratify” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gratify is uncommon English at frequency #68,266 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gratify, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French gratifier, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”). The correct English form is gratify, spelled G-R-A-T-I-F-Y.
Definition
- 1To please.
- 2To make content; to satisfy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gratify appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
gratify the critics
gratify the voters
Etymology
From French gratifier, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”).
This word in other languages
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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