unbowsome
/ʌnˈbaʊsəm/
"unbowsome" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unbowsome” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unbending, not bending, not shifting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unbowsome · unbowsome · English
unbowsome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unbowsome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnˈbaʊsəm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unbowsome” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unbowsome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʌnˈbaʊsəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unbowsome, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Northern Middle English unbowsom (non-Northern unbuxom); equivalent to un- + bowsome or buxom. The correct English form is unbowsome, spelled U-N-B-O-W-S-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Unbending, not bending, not shifting.
- 2Uncompliant, disobedient, steadfast
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unbowsome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Will Martin, with a lisping unbowsome tongue, addressed the one next to him to the following effect.
Etymology
Inherited from Northern Middle English unbowsom (non-Northern unbuxom); equivalent to un- + bowsome or buxom.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.