unavailing
adjective
unavailing is spelled U-N-A-V-A-I-L-I-N-G: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unavailing means “Fruitless, futile, useless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unavailing?
| Letters | 10: U-N-A-V-A-I-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unavailing?
Unavailing appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unavailing?
Unavailing has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of unavailing
- more unavailing comparative
- most unavailing superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unavailing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Fruitless, futile, useless.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unavailing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fruitless, futile, useless:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inutile, vain, futile, infructueux |
| German | vergeblich, nutzlos, unbrauchbar, umsonst |
| Spanish | infructuoso, fútil, inútil, ocioso, inservible |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unavailing come from?
From un- + availing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).