ingle
/ˈɪŋɡəl/
"ingle" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ingle” is uncommon English (frequency #59,467 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,467
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An open fireplace.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ingle · ingle · English
ingle · rank #59,467 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,467
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH inelastic
Nearest frequency peer: inelastic (-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 “ingle”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- inched
inched
40,538 corpus weight
- incumbency
incumbency
40,537 corpus weight
- inelastic
inelastic
40,535 corpus weight
- ingle
ingle
40,534 corpus weight
- inopportune
inopportune
40,533 corpus weight
- IoW
IoW
40,530 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ingle” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ingle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪŋɡəl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ingle” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ingle is uncommon English at frequency #59,467 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɪŋɡəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An open fireplace.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ingle, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle Scots ingle, ingill, from Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). Cognate with Irish aingeal. The correct English form is ingle, spelled I-N-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1An open fireplace.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ingle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely
Etymology
From Middle Scots ingle, ingill, from Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). Cognate with Irish aingeal.
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.
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