unambiguous
"unambiguous" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unambiguous” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,468. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,468
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unambiguous · unambiguous · English
unambiguous · rank #33,468 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #33,468
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH ulterior
Nearest frequency peer: ulterior (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “unambiguous”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- trappings
trappings
66,536 corpus weight
- triage
triage
66,535 corpus weight
- ulterior
ulterior
66,534 corpus weight
- unambiguous
unambiguous
66,533 corpus weight
- undetermined
undetermined
66,531 corpus weight
- undies
undies
66,530 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unambiguous” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unambiguous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #33,468 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unambiguous” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around unambiguous, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,468 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for unambiguous, with forms such as "nuambiguous", "uanmbiguous", and "unabmiguous". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "unambiguously", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + ambiguous. The correct English form is unambiguous, spelled U-N-A-M-B-I-G-U-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unambiguous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An LR(k) grammar is clearly unambiguous, since the definition implies every derivation tree must have the same handle, and by induction there is only one possible tree. It is interesting to point out furthermore that nearly every grammar which is known to be unambiguous is either an LR(k) grammar, or (dually) is a right-to-left translatable grammar, or is…
At the height of the crisis, according to a retired SAC wing commander, SAC airborne alert bombers deliberately flew past their turnaround points toward Soviet airspace, an unambiguous threat which Soviet radar operators would certainly have recognized and reported. "I knew what my target was," the SAC general adds: "Leningrad." The bombers only turned ar…
Etymology
From un- + ambiguous.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuambiguous
- uanmbiguous
- unabmiguous
- unambbiguous
- unambgiuous
- unambigguous
- unambigouus
- unambiguosu
- unambiguouss
- unambiguuos
- unambiugous
- unamibguous
- unammbiguous
- unmabiguous
- unnambiguous
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unambiguous - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unambiguous", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #33,468 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.