unaccustomed
"unaccustomed" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unaccustomed” is uncommon English (frequency #56,506 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,506
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unaccustomed · unaccustomed · English
unaccustomed · rank #56,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,506
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unawares
Nearest frequency peer: unawares (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “unaccustomed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tweety
tweety
43,498 corpus weight
- unaccustomed
unaccustomed
43,495 corpus weight
- unawares
unawares
43,494 corpus weight
- universalism
universalism
43,493 corpus weight
- unlearn
unlearn
43,492 corpus weight
- unscrew
unscrew
43,491 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unaccustomed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unaccustomed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unaccustomed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unaccustomed is uncommon English at frequency #56,506 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for unaccustomed in our 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + accustomed. The correct English form is unaccustomed, spelled U-N-A-C-C-U-S-T-O-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.
- 2To which one is not accustomed, unfamiliar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unaccustomed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He is unaccustomed to the cold.
[…] I again conveyed his Key into his Pocket, and counterfeiting Sleep, tho’ I never once cloſed my Eyes, lay in Bed till after he aroſe and went to Prayers, an Exerciſe to which I had long been unaccuſtomed.
Etymology
From un- + accustomed.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).