ingratitude
/ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/
"ingratitude" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ingratitude” is uncommon English (frequency #67,529 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,529
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ingratitude · ingratitude · English
ingratitude · rank #67,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,529
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH indole
Nearest frequency peer: indole (-1 rank slots)
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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 “ingratitude”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- imputation
imputation
32,475 corpus weight
- inculcate
inculcate
32,474 corpus weight
- indole
indole
32,473 corpus weight
- ingratitude
ingratitude
32,472 corpus weight
- integrally
integrally
32,470 corpus weight
- intelligibi…
intelligibility
32,469 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ingratitude” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ingratitude |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ingratitude” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ingratitude is uncommon English at frequency #67,529 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.".
ingratitude has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingrātitūdō. By surface analysis, in- + gratitude. The correct English form is ingratitude, spelled I-N-G-R-A-T-I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ingratitude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it.[…]”
Blondie: Tut, tut. Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life.
Etymology
From Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingrātitūdō. By surface analysis, in- + gratitude.
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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