ingrate

\ɛ̃.ɡʁat\

/\ɛ̃.ɡʁat\/ noun

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The verdict

“ingrate” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,137
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui fait preuve d’ingratitude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ingrate · ingrate · French

ingrate · rank #34,137 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,137
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH infructueuses

Nearest frequency peer: infructueuses (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ingrate »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ingrate » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ingrate vs ingrats
86% similar
ingrate vs ingrat
86% similar
ingrate vs inerte
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ingrate
PropertyValue
Headwordingrate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.ɡʁat\
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,137
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ingrate »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ingratese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « infructueuses » (#34,136), « initiateurs » (#34,138), « informaticiens » (#34,135). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ingrate » est au #34,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ingrate (IPA \ɛ̃.ɡʁat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,137 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Femme qui fait preuve d’ingratitude.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ingrate, with forms such as "ignrate", "ingarte", and "inggrate". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ingrats", "ingrat", "inerte", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ingrate, spelled I-N-G-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme qui fait preuve d’ingratitude.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ingrate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je serai là, sois tranquille ; avec ta permission, je lui ferai même un doigt de cour, à cette ingrate.

This word in other languages

ingrata(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ignrate
  • ingarte
  • inggrate
  • ingraet
  • ingratte
  • ingrrate
  • ingrtae
  • inngrate
  • inrgate
  • nigrate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ingrate - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ignrate2ingarte2inggrate1ingraet2ingratte1ingrrate1ingrtae2inngrate1
Edit distance from "ingrate"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ingrate"?
"ingrate" is spelled I-N-G-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ɡʁat\.
What does "ingrate" mean?
As a noun, "ingrate" means: Femme qui fait preuve d’ingratitude.
What words are commonly confused with "ingrate"?
"ingrate" is commonly confused with "ingrats", "ingrat", "inerte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ingrate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ingrate" is \ɛ̃.ɡʁat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ingrate" come from?
"ingrate" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ingrate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

iPhones#34,142joignez#34,146Josiane#34,148lançons#34,158

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

girouette10 variantsfrémir10 variantsfontana10 variantsMancini10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list