ingratitude
in·grat·i·tude/ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/noun
ingratitude is spelled I-N-G-R-A-T-I-T-U-D-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables (in·grat·i·tude). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ingratitude means “A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ingratitude is ingratitudes.
How many letters and syllables are in ingratitude?
| Letters | 11: I-N-G-R-A-T-I-T-U-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: in·grat·i·tude |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 ingratitude?
Ingratitude appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th 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 ingratitude?
- US /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/
- UK /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtjuːd/
- UK /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtʃuːd/
Ingratitude has 4 syllables, split in·grat·i·tude in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-ingratitude.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ingratitude?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ingratitude from its last stressed vowel (/ætɪtud/):
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 ingratitude
- ingratitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ingratitude mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
Blondie: Tut, tut. Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ingratitude in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense thanklessness:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ingratitude |
| German | Undank, Undankbarkeit, fehlende Dankbarkeit |
| Portuguese | ingratidão |
| Spanish | ingratitud |
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 ingratitude come from?
From in- + gratitude, from Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingrātitūdō. By surface analysis, in- + Latin grat(us) + -itude.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).