unambitious
"unambitious" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unambitious” is uncommon English (frequency #95,552 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,552
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having little ambition for success or achievement
Corpus desk
Index EN-unambitious · unambitious · English
unambitious · rank #95,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,552
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH Umeå
Nearest frequency peer: Umeå (-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 “unambitious”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ude
Ude
4,453 corpus weight
- Umeå
Umeå
4,450 corpus weight
- unambitious
unambitious
4,449 corpus weight
- unappetizing
unappetizing
4,448 corpus weight
- Unas
Unas
4,447 corpus weight
- unchristian
unchristian
4,446 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unambitious” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unambitious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unambitious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unambitious is uncommon English at frequency #95,552 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having little ambition for success or achievement".
No misspelling variants are generated for unambitious in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + ambitious. The correct English form is unambitious, spelled U-N-A-M-B-I-T-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Having little ambition for success or achievement
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unambitious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The society had apparently been formed the previous year, but as the Cheltenham Spa Railway Society, which sounded rather parochial and unambitious - particularly as (by all accounts) its founders had gathered in a garden shed in the town.
Etymology
From un- + ambitious.
This word in other languages
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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