unbanked
"unbanked" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unbanked” is uncommon English (frequency #99,972 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,972
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not having been banked.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unbanked · unbanked · English
unbanked · rank #99,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,972
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH uncompromisin…
Nearest frequency peer: uncompromisingly (+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 “unbanked”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- TVM
TVM
33 corpus weight
- Twyla
Twyla
32 corpus weight
- unbanked
unbanked
29 corpus weight
- uncompromis…
uncompromisingly
28 corpus weight
- unconformity
unconformity
27 corpus weight
- unconventio…
unconventionally
26 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unbanked” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unbanked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unbanked” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unbanked is uncommon English at frequency #99,972 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unbanked, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + bank + -ed. The correct English form is unbanked, spelled U-N-B-A-N-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not having been banked.
- 2Not served by a bank.
- 3Of a train, not having the assistance of a banker (etymology 3) when climbing a steep grade (or bank).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unbanked appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It targeted the unbanked poor – "the watchmen, tomato sellers and small-scale farmers" whom Mwangi lists as typical customers – with cheap savings accounts and microloans backed by unusual guarantees.
[M]any low-income people are "unbanked" (not served by a financial institution), and thus nearly eaten alive by exorbitant fees. As the St. Louis Federal Reserve pointed out in 2010: "Unbanked consumers spend approximately 2.5 to 3 percent of a government benefits check and between 4 percent and 5 percent of payroll check just to cash them. […]["]
Etymology
From un- + bank + -ed.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).