insalubrious
/ɪnsəˈluːbɹɪəs/
"insalubrious" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insalubrious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health.
Corpus desk
Index EN-insalubrious · insalubrious · English
insalubrious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insalubrious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪnsəˈluːbɹɪəs/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “insalubrious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
insalubrious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɪnsəˈluːbɹɪəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for insalubrious, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From in- + salubrious. The correct English form is insalubrious, spelled I-N-S-A-L-U-B-R-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insalubrious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What in the name of Common Sense is to recommend Brinshore?—A most insalubrious Air—Roads proverbially detestable—Water Brackish beyond example, impossible to get a good dish of Tea within 3 miles of the place—& as for the Soil—it is so cold & ungrateful that it can hardly be made to yeild^([sic]) a Cabbage.
But while the were a few pockets of the city centre that were desirable places in which to live, for the most part London's traditional areas were overcrowded and insalubrious.
Etymology
From in- + salubrious.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.