misfortuned

adj

"misfortuned" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“misfortuned” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unlucky, unfortunate

Corpus desk

Index EN-misfortuned · misfortuned · English

misfortuned · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for misfortuned
PropertyValue
Headwordmisfortuned
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “misfortuned” in English

misfortunedfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

misfortuned is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unlucky, unfortunate".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for misfortuned, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From misfortune + -ed. The correct English form is misfortuned, spelled M-I-S-F-O-R-T-U-N-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    unlucky, unfortunate

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how misfortuned appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nor spared his life, but cut the bonds that knit his life in tway, / And clave with hilted sword the neck of that misfortuned wight.

Etymology

From misfortune + -ed.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "misfortuned"?
"misfortuned" is spelled M-I-S-F-O-R-T-U-N-E-D.
What does "misfortuned" mean?
As an adjective, "misfortuned" means: unlucky, unfortunate
What is the origin of the word "misfortuned"?
From misfortune + -ed. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list