ingrate
/ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/
"ingrate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ingrate” is uncommon English (frequency #97,141 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,141
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ungrateful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ingrate · ingrate · English
ingrate · rank #97,141 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,141
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH improviser
Nearest frequency peer: improviser (-3 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 “ingrate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- improviser
improviser
2,863 corpus weight
- ingrate
ingrate
2,860 corpus weight
- insecticidal
insecticidal
2,857 corpus weight
- insufferably
insufferably
2,856 corpus weight
- interbreed
interbreed
2,855 corpus weight
- interlocuto…
interlocutory
2,854 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ingrate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ingrate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ingrate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ingrate is uncommon English at frequency #97,141 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ingrate, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is ingrate, spelled I-N-G-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Ungrateful.
- 2Unfriendly; unpleasant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ingrate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many of theſe might ſeem ingrate and unkind children, that vvill no better acknovvledge and recogniſe their parents in vvords and outvvard pretence, but abrenounce and caſt them off, as though they hated them as dogs and ſerpents.
Yet in his mind malitious and ingrate
Etymology
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.
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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