inglorious
/ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/
"inglorious" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inglorious” is uncommon English (frequency #57,459 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,459
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ignominious; disgraceful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inglorious · inglorious · English
inglorious · rank #57,459 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,459
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH infallibility
Nearest frequency peer: infallibility (-2 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 “inglorious”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- impermeable
impermeable
42,550 corpus weight
- inborn
inborn
42,546 corpus weight
- inductance
inductance
42,545 corpus weight
- infallibili…
infallibility
42,544 corpus weight
- inglorious
inglorious
42,542 corpus weight
- Isidore
Isidore
42,534 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “inglorious” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inglorious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,459 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inglorious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inglorious is uncommon English at frequency #57,459 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for inglorious in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin inglōriōsus. By surface analysis, in- + glorious. The correct English form is inglorious, spelled I-N-G-L-O-R-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Ignominious; disgraceful.
- 2Not famous; obscure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inglorious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh inglorious league: / Shall we vpon the footing of our land, / Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimiſe, / Inſinuation, parley, and baſe truce / To Armes Inuaſiue?
Resolved to pursue no inglorious career, he turned his eyes toward the East, as affording scope for his spirit of enterprise.
Etymology
From Latin inglōriōsus. By surface analysis, in- + glorious.
This word in other languages
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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