ungracious
/ʌnˈɡɹeɪʃəs/
"ungracious" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ungracious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not gracious; unkind or cold-hearted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ungracious · ungracious · English
ungracious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ungracious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnˈɡɹeɪʃəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ungracious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ungracious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʌnˈɡɹeɪʃəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not gracious; unkind or cold-hearted.".
ungracious has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ungracious; equivalent to un- + gracious. The correct English form is ungracious, spelled U-N-G-R-A-C-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Not gracious; unkind or cold-hearted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ungracious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One might have hoped for more about the Widened Lines and about the G.C. approach to Marylebone—but it is ungracious to point to omissions when so much is contained within 260 pages.
Etymology
From Middle English ungracious; equivalent to un- + gracious.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.