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imbalanced

adjective

imbalanced is spelled I-M-B-A-L-A-N-C-E-D: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “imbalanced vs unbalanced” about 1,600 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, imbalanced means “Experiencing an imbalance; out of balance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in imbalanced?

Letters10: I-M-B-A-L-A-N-C-E-D
In writingabout once in every 4 million words; the 57,423rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).

How common is imbalanced?

Imbalanced appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with imbalanced

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of imbalanced

  • more imbalanced comparative
  • most imbalanced superlative
  • inbalanced

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does imbalanced mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Experiencing an imbalance; out of balance.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate imbalanced?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of imbalanced: imba.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does imbalanced come from?

From im- + balanced.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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