ingenue
Definitions
Noun
- An actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl
- An artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)
- The role of an innocent artless young woman in a play
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "ingenue".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | intense | 2 | 40 |
| 2 | ingenious | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | gene | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | ingenuity | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | indenture | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | igene | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | tingen | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | ringen | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | kingen | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | dingee | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | ingenuous | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | bienvenue | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | neue | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | nene | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | inge | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | viagene | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | pingree | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | minogue | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | lingner | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | kringen | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 1
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 3
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
An ‘Ingénue’ turns 25: k.d. lang sings her classic album in full in Los Angeles on Monday
Mar 6, 2018 Los Angeles Daily News
Mar 6, 2018 Los Angeles Daily News
Annapurna Sriram Wrote the Slutty, Liberated Brown Girl Ingenue She Wanted To Play Herself
Jan 22, 2026 Autostraddle
Jan 22, 2026 Autostraddle
Mary Carlisle, a perpetual ingenue in dozens of 1930s films, dies at 104
Aug 1, 2018 Los Angeles Times
Aug 1, 2018 Los Angeles Times
The Mysterious Ingenue and Siren Who Wowed 19th-Century Readers With Her Verse (Published 2019)
May 24, 2019 The New York Times
May 24, 2019 The New York Times