unabstemious

adj

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

The verdict

“unabstemious” 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 abstemious; tending to indulge.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unabstemious · unabstemious · English

unabstemious · 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 "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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

Long-tail rank of “unabstemious” in English

unabstemiousranks 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

unabstemious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not abstemious; tending to indulge.".

unabstemious doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + abstemious. The correct English form is unabstemious, spelled U-N-A-B-S-T-E-M-I-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not abstemious; tending to indulge.

Etymology

From un- + abstemious.

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 "unabstemious"?
"unabstemious" is spelled U-N-A-B-S-T-E-M-I-O-U-S.
What does "unabstemious" mean?
As an adjective, "unabstemious" means: Not abstemious; tending to indulge.
What is the origin of the word "unabstemious"?
From un- + abstemious. 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