ingrats

\ɛ̃.ɡʁa\

/\ɛ̃.ɡʁa\/ adj

The verdict

“ingrats” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,447. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,447
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de ingrat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ingrats · ingrats · French

ingrats · rank #32,447 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,447
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH infinity

Nearest frequency peer: infinity (-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 « ingrats »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ingrats » 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).

ingrats vs intrants
75% similar
ingrats vs ingrat
86% similar
ingrats vs ingrate
86% similar

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

Key facts for ingrats
PropertyValue
Headwordingrats
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.ɡʁa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,447
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ingrats »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « infinity » (#32,446), « insomnies » (#32,448), « INF » (#32,445). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ingrats » est au #32,447. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ingrats (IPA \ɛ̃.ɡʁa\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,447 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de ingrat.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ingrats, with forms such as "ignrats", "ingarts", and "inggrats". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "intrants", "ingrat", "ingrate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ingrats, spelled I-N-G-R-A-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de ingrat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Oui, mon bon Lucien, voilà qui est vrai, jusqu’à un certain point ; mais conviens que tu as bien su leur dorer la pilule à ces bons, archibons Bourbons ; et qu’à leur tour, ils ne se sont pas montrés trop ingrats envers toi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ignrats
  • ingarts
  • inggrats
  • ingrast
  • ingratss
  • ingratts
  • ingrrats
  • ingrtas
  • inngrats
  • inrgats
  • nigrats

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ingrats - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ignrats2ingarts2inggrats1ingrast2ingratss1ingratts1ingrrats1ingrtas2
Edit distance from "ingrats"

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 "ingrats"?
"ingrats" is spelled I-N-G-R-A-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ɡʁa\.
What does "ingrats" mean?
As an adjective, "ingrats" means: Masculin pluriel de ingrat.
What words are commonly confused with "ingrats"?
"ingrats" is commonly confused with "intrants", "ingrat", "ingrate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ingrats"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ingrats" is \ɛ̃.ɡʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ingrats" come from?
"ingrats" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list