ungratefulness

noun

"ungratefulness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ungratefulness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or act of being ungrateful.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ungratefulness · ungratefulness · English

ungratefulness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for ungratefulness
PropertyValue
Headwordungratefulness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “ungratefulness” in English

ungratefulnesssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ungratefulness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or act of being ungrateful.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ungratefulness, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From ungrateful + -ness. The correct English form is ungratefulness, spelled U-N-G-R-A-T-E-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or act of being ungrateful.

Etymology

From ungrateful + -ness.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ungratefulness"?
"ungratefulness" is spelled U-N-G-R-A-T-E-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.
What does "ungratefulness" mean?
As a noun, "ungratefulness" means: The state or act of being ungrateful.
What is the origin of the word "ungratefulness"?
From ungrateful + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list