unbalance
/ʌnˈbæləns/
"unbalance" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unbalance” is uncommon English (frequency #66,370 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,370
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To cause to be out of balance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unbalance · unbalance · English
unbalance · rank #66,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,370
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH underemployme…
Nearest frequency peer: underemployment (+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 “unbalance”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Turku
Turku
33,634 corpus weight
- Tuvalu
Tuvalu
33,633 corpus weight
- unbalance
unbalance
33,631 corpus weight
- underemploy…
underemployment
33,630 corpus weight
- uneconomic
uneconomic
33,629 corpus weight
- unga
unga
33,628 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unbalance” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unbalance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ʌnˈbæləns/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unbalance” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unbalance is uncommon English at frequency #66,370 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ʌnˈbæləns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To cause to be out of balance.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unbalance, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + balance. The correct English form is unbalance, spelled U-N-B-A-L-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1To cause to be out of balance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unbalance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If you put that weight on the edge of the tray, it will unbalance it and dump all of the dishes on the floor.
Or, finally, might our awful situation prey upon and unbalance our minds? A group of insane folk upon a dead world!
Etymology
From un- + balance.
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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