Ingrid

/\in.ɡʁid\/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,762

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Ingrid is aFrenchname. It means: Prénom féminin français. Pronounced \in.ɡʁid\. Often confused with INRIA and ingrat.

Key facts for Ingrid
PropertyValue
HeadwordIngrid
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\in.ɡʁid\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,762
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ingrid in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Ingrid is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \in.ɡʁid\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,762 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin français.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Ingrid, with forms such as "ignrid", "inggrid", and "ingird". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "INRIA", "ingrat", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Ingrid, spelled I-N-G-R-I-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin français.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ignrid,inggrid,ingird,ingrdi,ingridd,ingrrid,inngrid,inrgid,nigrid

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ingrid

Misspelling Variants of "Ingrid"

ignrid6inggrid7ingird6ingrdi6ingridd7ingrrid7inngrid7inrgid6
Misspelling Variants of "Ingrid"

Frequency rank: #20,762 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ingrid"?
"Ingrid" is spelled I-N-G-R-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is \in.ɡʁid\.
What does "Ingrid" mean?
As a name, "Ingrid" means: Prénom féminin français.
What words are commonly confused with "Ingrid"?
"Ingrid" is commonly confused with "INRIA", "ingrat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ingrid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ingrid" is \in.ɡʁid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ingrid" come from?
"Ingrid" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.