unadorned
/əˌnʌˈdɔːɹnd/adjective, verb
unadorned is spelled U-N-A-D-O-R-N-E-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unadorned means “Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unadorned?
| Letters | 9: U-N-A-D-O-R-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 unadorned?
Unadorned appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd 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 unadorned?
- UK /ʌˌnəˈdɔːnd/
- US /əˌnʌˈdɔːɹnd/
Unadorned has 3 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-unadorned.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with unadorned?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as unadorned from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹnd/):
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 unadorned
- more unadorned comparative
- most unadorned superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unadorned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of unadorn
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unadorned in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Having no additional decoration:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dépouillé, sobre, sans fioritures, sans ornements, simple |
| German | schmucklos, schlicht |
| Portuguese | desadornado, sem adorno |
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 unadorned come from?
From un- + adorned.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).