ingroup
"ingroup" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ingroup” is uncommon English (frequency #77,798 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,798
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The social group that one belongs to.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ingroup · ingroup · English
ingroup · rank #77,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,798
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH infiltrator
Nearest frequency peer: infiltrator (-1 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 “ingroup”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- incapacitat…
incapacitation
22,207 corpus weight
- incompressi…
incompressible
22,206 corpus weight
- infiltrator
infiltrator
22,204 corpus weight
- ingroup
ingroup
22,203 corpus weight
- inimical
inimical
22,202 corpus weight
- interdepart…
interdepartmental
22,199 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ingroup” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ingroup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ingroup” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ingroup is uncommon English at frequency #77,798 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ingroup in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From in- + group. The correct English form is ingroup, spelled I-N-G-R-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1The social group that one belongs to.
- 2In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ingroup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You will learn a lot about formal and informal Japanese language throughout this book. In Japanese society a distinction is made between the 'in-group' (myself, my family, my work colleagues, my friends) and the 'out-group' (my seniors, people from other families and workplaces). Politeness is an important traditional aspect of Japanese life and this is r…
And because people derive personal esteem and meaning from their group memberships, they are naturally inclined to evaluate their ingroups positively in comparison to outgroups. When an ingroup’s dominant social position is secure or not contested by lower-status outgroups, intergroup harmony is expected to prevail. But when perceived as illegitimate and/…
Etymology
From in- + group.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).