unaccountably
adverb
unaccountably is spelled U-N-A-C-C-O-U-N-T-A-B-L-Y: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, unaccountably means “Not able to be explained logically. Without being accountable, or reasonable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unaccountably?
| Letters | 13: U-N-A-C-C-O-U-N-T-A-B-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unaccountably?
Unaccountably appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unaccountably?
Unaccountably has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of unaccountably
- more unaccountably comparative
- most unaccountably superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unaccountably mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Not able to be explained logically. Without being accountable, or reasonable.
After all that hard work, he unaccountably failed to take out the patent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unaccountably in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not able to be explained logically. Without being accountable, or reasonable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inexplicablement |
| Spanish | inexplicablemente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unaccountably come from?
From unaccountable + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).