nonintuitive

adj

"nonintuitive" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“nonintuitive” 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) - Not intuitive.

Corpus desk

Index EN-nonintuitive · nonintuitive · English

nonintuitive · 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 "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for nonintuitive
PropertyValue
Headwordnonintuitive
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “nonintuitive” in English

nonintuitiveranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

nonintuitive is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not intuitive.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nonintuitive, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From non- + intuitive. The correct English form is nonintuitive, spelled N-O-N-I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not intuitive.

Etymology

From non- + intuitive.

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 "nonintuitive"?
"nonintuitive" is spelled N-O-N-I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V-E.
What does "nonintuitive" mean?
As an adjective, "nonintuitive" means: Not intuitive.
What is the origin of the word "nonintuitive"?
From non- + intuitive. 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