Which to use
“ingrat” and “ingrats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,469
- “ingrat” frequency rank
- #32,447
- “ingrats” frequency rank
- 52916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ingrat | ingrats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’a pas de reconnaissance, qui ne tient pas compte des bienfaits qu’il a reçus. | Masculin pluriel de ingrat. |
Same sound, different letters: ingrat vs ingrats
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ingrat runs 6 letters (VCCCVC) against ingrats's 7 (VCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - ingrat and ingrats
This is the hard kind. ingrat and ingrats are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.ɡʁa\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ingrat” sits inside “ingrats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ingrat is recorded at frequency rank #20,469, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.ɡʁa\. ingrats is at rank #32,447, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.ɡʁa\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52916, this pair ranks #144,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ingrat vs ingrats
Shared letters: aginrt. Private to "ingrat": -. Private to "ingrats": s.
"ingrat" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC · "ingrats" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ingrat" and "ingrats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ingrat" or "ingrats"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "ingrat" / "ingrats". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ingrat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ingrats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ingrat" and "ingrats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ingrats vs intrants". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #144,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.