gratz

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

The verdict

“gratz” is uncommon English (frequency #60,836 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,836
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-gratz · gratz · English

gratz · rank #60,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,836
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH Goodson

Nearest frequency peer: Goodson (-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 “gratz”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gratz
PropertyValue
Headwordgratz
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,836
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gratz” 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).gratzfalls 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: “Goodson” (#60,835), “Goma” (#60,834), “grindstone” (#60,838). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “gratz” is #60,836. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gratz is uncommon English at frequency #60,836 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Congratulations, congrats.".

gratz has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: A respelled shortening of congrats. The correct English form is gratz, spelled G-R-A-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Congratulations, congrats.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gratz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hey, gratz on leveling!

Etymology

A respelled shortening of 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 "gratz"?
"gratz" is spelled G-R-A-T-Z.
What does "gratz" mean?
As an interjection, "gratz" means: Congratulations, congrats.
What is the origin of the word "gratz"?
A respelled shortening of congrats. 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 "gratz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

gassy#60,823fundy#60,818frist#60,817humus#60,868

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list