No, I didn't make a spelling error ... Here's the thing guys ... Do you want to be full of greatness, or full of grate, that is, reduced to shreds. Greatful or Grateful. Same letters, different order. In situations like this, I like to zoom in on the etymology of words like gratitude , which of course, is the noun version of the adjective, grateful . The Latin root is gratus , meaning pleasing, thankful. Other words with this root are gracias, grace, gracious, ingrate. So I looked up the etymology of grace, to see how different it is from the etymology of grateful. grace (n.) late 12c., "God's unmerited favor, love, or help," from Old French grace "pardon, divine grace, mercy; favor, thanks; elegance, virtue" (12c., Modern French grâce), from Latin gratia "favor, esteem, regard; pleasing quality, good will, gratitude " (source of Italian grazia, Spanish gracia; in Church use translating Greek kharisma), from gratus "ple...