Greatful or grateful?
Did you mean grateful? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: grateful. Misspelling: greatful.
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Memory tip
It comes from Latin gratus (thankful), not from great: GRATE-ful.
Why people write “greatful”
“greatful” has all the right letters, but the E is in the wrong place.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make grateful automatic.
Other misspellings of “grateful”
People also write “gratefull”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“gratefull”
Correct spelling: grateful. Misspelling: gratefull.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “gratefull” is only one letter off: it doubles the L, which grateful spells with just one.
What does “grateful” mean?
grateful adjective
- feeling or showing gratitude
“a grateful heart”
Synonyms:thankful
- affording comfort or pleasure
“the grateful warmth of the fire”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Grateful” in a sentence
- I am grateful for your support.
- A grateful heart.
- The grateful warmth of the fire.
Is “grateful” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“greatful” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from GRATEFUL.