ignore
ig·nore/ɪɡˈnoɹ/verb
ignore is spelled I-G-N-O-R-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (ig·nore). It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, ignore means “To deliberately not listen or pay attention to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ignore?
| Letters | 6: I-G-N-O-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ig·nore |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ignore?
Ignore appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,114th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ignore?
- UK /ɪɡˈnɔː/
- British /ɪɡˈnoː/
- US /ɪɡˈnoɹ/
Ignore has 2 syllables, split ig·nore in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ignore.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ignore?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ignore from its last stressed vowel (/oɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: region.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ignore
- ignores present, singular, he/she/it
- ignoring participle, present
- ignored participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ignore mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
- 2
To pretend to not notice someone or something.
- 3
obsoleteFail to notice.
- 4
obsoleteNot to know.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ignore in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to deliberately pay no attention to:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ignorer, ne pas prêter attention à, ne pas tenir compte de |
| German | ignorieren, missachten |
| Portuguese | ignorar |
| Spanish | ignorar, desoír, ningunear, desatencionar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ignore come from?
From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in- (“not”) + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).