gratitude
/ˈɡɹætɪtjud/
"gratitude" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gratitude” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,041 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,041
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being grateful.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gratitude |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹætɪtjud/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gratitude” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gratitude is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡɹætɪtjud/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,041 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The state of being grateful.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for gratitude, with forms such as "gartitude", "ggratitude", and "graittude". 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 French gratitude, from Medieval Latin grātitūdō (“thankfulness”), from Latin grātus (“thankful”). Displaced native Old English þancung. The correct English form is gratitude, spelled G-R-A-T-I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1The state of being grateful.
Etymology
From French gratitude, from Medieval Latin grātitūdō (“thankfulness”), from Latin grātus (“thankful”). Displaced native Old English þancung.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gartitude,ggratitude,graittude,gratitdue,gratittude,gratitudde,gratitued,gratiutde,grattitude,grattiude,grratitude,grtaitude,rgatitude
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gratitude - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “gratitude”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-T-I-T-U-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡɹætɪtjud/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.