# unborn

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #17,985

## Definitions
1. Not yet born; yet to come; future.
2. Not yet delivered; still existing in the mother's womb.
3. Existing without birth or beginning.

## Etymology
From Middle English unborn, from Old English unboren, from Proto-Germanic *unburanaz. Equivalent to un- + born.

## Easily confused with
- **union** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unborn-vs-union)
- **unicorn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unborn-vs-unicorn)
- **unbound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unborn-vs-unbound)

## Common misspellings (9)
`nuborn`, `ubnorn`, `unbborn`, `unbonr`, `unbornn`, `unborrn`, `unbron`, `unnborn`, `unobrn`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/unborn