unannounced
"unannounced" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unannounced” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,320. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,320
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not announced beforehand.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unannounced · unannounced · English
unannounced · rank #27,320 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,320
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH Ulrich
Nearest frequency peer: Ulrich (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “unannounced”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- twister
twister
72,683 corpus weight
- Ulrich
Ulrich
72,682 corpus weight
- unannounced
unannounced
72,681 corpus weight
- uncovering
uncovering
72,680 corpus weight
- undivided
undivided
72,679 corpus weight
- unsatisfact…
unsatisfactory
72,678 corpus weight
What this shows “unannounced” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unannounced |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #27,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “unannounced”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around unannounced, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,320 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Not announced beforehand.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for unannounced, with forms such as "nuannounced", "uannnounced", and "unannonuced". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + announced. The correct English form is unannounced, spelled U-N-A-N-N-O-U-N-C-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not announced beforehand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unannounced appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But soon one notices, first in ones and twos, and then in larger groups, men who are very much alive at this hour in the morning, the sorters for the Caledonian, and Edinburgh sections of the "Down Special"; mail is piled high on the platforms, and the postal men glance occasionally towards the platform intermediate signals. By this time the calling-on ar…
In 2008, she was at times criticized for being detached from voters, insulated in a bubble of staff and security and avoiding spontaneity. She began her 2016 campaign by riding 16 hours in a van from New York to Iowa, making unannounced stops at gas stations and fast-food restaurants, before arriving for what was billed as a series of low-key conversation…
Etymology
From un- + announced.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuannounced
- uannnounced
- unannonuced
- unannoucned
- unannouncced
- unannouncde
- unannouncedd
- unannounecd
- unannounnced
- unannuonced
- unanonunced
- unanounced
- unnannounced
- unnanounced
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unannounced - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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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 (14 here; floor ≥5).