From d331b9915477ffecf8c5b02994c534a9ab5b300a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brock <jbrockmendel@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:33:05 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] test for non-ordered Categorical rank

---
 pandas/tests/groupby/test_rank.py | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pandas/tests/groupby/test_rank.py b/pandas/tests/groupby/test_rank.py
index 8bbe38d3379ac..d0b848a567346 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/groupby/test_rank.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/groupby/test_rank.py
@@ -13,6 +13,23 @@
 import pandas._testing as tm
 
 
+def test_rank_unordered_categorical_typeerror():
+    # GH#51034 should be TypeError, not NotImplementedError
+    cat = pd.Categorical([], ordered=False)
+    ser = Series(cat)
+    df = ser.to_frame()
+
+    msg = "Cannot perform rank with non-ordered Categorical"
+
+    gb = ser.groupby(cat)
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
+        gb.rank()
+
+    gb2 = df.groupby(cat)
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
+        gb2.rank()
+
+
 def test_rank_apply():
     lev1 = tm.rands_array(10, 100)
     lev2 = tm.rands_array(10, 130)