unassisted
"unassisted" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unassisted” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #49,118 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #49,118
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not assisted; without assistance
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unassisted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #49,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unassisted” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for unassisted is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #49,118 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Not assisted; without assistance".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for unassisted, with forms such as "nuassisted", "uanssisted", and "unasissted". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + assisted. The correct English form is unassisted, spelled U-N-A-S-S-I-S-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not assisted; without assistance
Etymology
From un- + assisted.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuassisted,uanssisted,unasissted,unasisted,unassisetd,unassissted,unassistde,unassistedd,unassistted,unassitsed,unasssited,unnassisted,unsasisted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unassisted - 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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Using “unassisted”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-A-S-S-I-S-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.