unavoidable
/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/adjective, noun
unavoidable is spelled U-N-A-V-O-I-D-A-B-L-E: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unavoidable means “Impossible to avoid; bound to happen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unavoidable?
| Letters | 11: U-N-A-V-O-I-D-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th 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 unavoidable?
Unavoidable appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th 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 unavoidable?
- /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/
Unavoidable has 5 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-unavoidable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unavoidable
- more unavoidable comparative
- most unavoidable superlative
- unavoidables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unavoidable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.
an unavoidable urge
- 2
Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
noun
- 1
Something that cannot be avoided.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unavoidable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense impossible to avoid:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inévitable |
| German | unausweichlich, unvermeidlich, unvermeidbar |
| Portuguese | inevitável, incontornável |
| Spanish | impajaritable |
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 unavoidable come from?
From Middle English unavoidable, equivalent to un- + avoidable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).