unallowed
/ʌnəˈlaʊd/
"unallowed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unallowed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not allowed; forbidden.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unallowed · unallowed · English
unallowed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | unallowed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnəˈlaʊd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unallowed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unallowed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʌnəˈlaʊd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not allowed; forbidden.".
Zero misspellings are on record for unallowed in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + allowed. The correct English form is unallowed, spelled U-N-A-L-L-O-W-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not allowed; forbidden.
Etymology
From un- + allowed.
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.