ingrate
/ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/noun
ingrate is spelled I-N-G-R-A-T-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ingrate means “An ungrateful or unpleasant person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ingrate is ingrates.
How many letters and syllables are in ingrate?
| Letters | 7: I-N-G-R-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 97,057th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 ingrate?
Ingrate appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th 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 ingrate?
- /ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ingrate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ingrate?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ingrate.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: granite, tearing.
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 ingrate
- more ingrate comparative
- most ingrate superlative
- ingrates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ingrate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An ungrateful or unpleasant person.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteUngrateful.
thou art among the stars / of highest Heaven: to the rolling spheres / Thou sweetly singest: naught thy hymning mars, / Above the ingrate world and human fears.
- 2
obsoleteUnfriendly; unpleasant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ingrate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an ungrateful person:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | ingrato, ingrata |
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 ingrate come from?
First attested in 1393, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English ingrat, from Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), from in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”). Cognate with French ingrat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).