unaccountably
"unaccountably" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unaccountably” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not able to be explained logically. Without being accountable, or reasonable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unaccountably · unaccountably · English
unaccountably · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unaccountably |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unaccountably” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unaccountably is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not able to be explained logically. Without being accountable, or reasonable.".
No misspelling variants are generated for unaccountably in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From unaccountable + -ly. The correct English form is unaccountably, spelled U-N-A-C-C-O-U-N-T-A-B-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Not able to be explained logically. Without being accountable, or reasonable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unaccountably appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After all that hard work, he unaccountably failed to take out the patent.
The jury was unaccountably slow to reach a verdict. He was clearly innocent.
Etymology
From unaccountable + -ly.
This word in other languages
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.