# ignore

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪɡˈnɔː/ · frequency rank #3,109

## Definitions
1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.
3. Fail to notice.
4. Not to know.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der.
Latin ignōrōlbor.
French ignorer
English ignore
From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.

## Easily confused with
- **Igor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ignore-vs-igor)
- **Inoue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ignore-vs-inoue)
- **Indore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ignore-vs-indore)
- **ignored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ignore-vs-ignored)
- **ignite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ignite-vs-ignore)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ginore`, `iggnore`, `ignnore`, `ignoer`, `ignorre`, `ignroe`, `igonre`, `ingore`

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