nonobedient

adj

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

The verdict

“nonobedient” 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) - Not obedient.

Corpus desk

Index EN-nonobedient · nonobedient · English

nonobedient · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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

Long-tail rank of “nonobedient” in English

nonobedientsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

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

No generated misspelling entries exist for nonobedient in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From non- + obedient. The correct English form is nonobedient, spelled N-O-N-O-B-E-D-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not obedient.

Etymology

From non- + obedient.

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 "nonobedient"?
"nonobedient" is spelled N-O-N-O-B-E-D-I-E-N-T.
What does "nonobedient" mean?
As an adjective, "nonobedient" means: Not obedient.
What is the origin of the word "nonobedient"?
From non- + obedient. 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