unaccusative
/ˌʌnəˈkjuːzətɪv/adjective, noun
unaccusative is spelled U-N-A-C-C-U-S-A-T-I-V-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unaccusative means “Intransitive and having an experiencer as its subject, that is, the (syntactic) subject is not a (semantic) agent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unaccusative?
| Letters | 12: U-N-A-C-C-U-S-A-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is unaccusative?
Unaccusative appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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 unaccusative?
- US /ˌʌnəˈkjuːzətɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with unaccusative?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as unaccusative from its last stressed vowel (/uzətɪv/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of unaccusative
- unaccusatives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unaccusative mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Intransitive and having an experiencer as its subject, that is, the (syntactic) subject is not a (semantic) agent.
noun
- 1
An unaccusative verb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unaccusative in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense intransitive and having an experiencer as its subject, that is, the (syntactic) :
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | inacusativo |
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.