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"grats" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“grats” is uncommon English (frequency #88,398 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,398
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-grats · grats · English

grats · rank #88,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,398
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gowda

Nearest frequency peer: Gowda (-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 “grats”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grats
PropertyValue
Headwordgrats
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters5
Frequency rank#88,398
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “grats” 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).gratsfalls 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: “Gowda” (#88,397), “gort” (#88,395), “gopnik” (#88,394). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “grats” is #88,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grats is uncommon English at frequency #88,398 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Congratulations.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for grats, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of congrats, itself a clipping of congratulations. The correct English form is grats, spelled G-R-A-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Congratulations.

Etymology

Clipping of congrats, itself a clipping of congratulations.

Synonyms

congrats

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 "grats"?
"grats" is spelled G-R-A-T-S.
What does "grats" mean?
As an interjection, "grats" means: Congratulations.
What is the origin of the word "grats"?
Clipping of congrats, itself a clipping of congratulations. 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 "grats", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gowda#88,397Gyles#88,404hames#88,407hazed#88,414

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list