# ignorant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɪɡnəɹənt/ · frequency rank #6,581

## Definitions
1. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
2. Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
3. Ill-mannered, crude.
4. Unknown; undiscovered
5. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

## Etymology
From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.

## Easily confused with
- **ignoring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ignorant-vs-ignoring)
- **ignorance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ignorance-vs-ignorant)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ginorant`, `iggnorant`, `ignnorant`, `ignoarnt`, `ignorannt`, `ignorantt`, `ignoratn`, `ignornat`, `ignorrant`, `ignroant`, `igonrant`, `ingorant`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ignorant