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unbroken

un·bro·ken/ʌnˈbɹoʊkn̩/adjective, verb

unbroken is spelled U-N-B-R-O-K-E-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables (un·bro·ken). It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unbroken means “Whole, not divided into parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in unbroken?

Letters8: U-N-B-R-O-K-E-N
Syllables3: un·bro·ken
In writing1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is unbroken?

Unbroken appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 unbroken?

  • US /ʌnˈbɹoʊkn̩/
  • UK /ʌnˈbɹəʊkn̩/

Unbroken has 3 syllables, split un·bro·ken in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-unbroken.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does unbroken mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Whole, not divided into parts.

    After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken.

  2. 2

    Of a horse, not tamed.

    There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie.

  3. 3

    Continuous, without interruption.

    The team's unbroken winning streak was a record.

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of unbreak (a form of unbreak)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Unbroken in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchentier (whole, not divided into parts), continu, ininterrompu (continuous, without interruption)
Portuguesecontínuo (continuous, without interruption)

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 unbroken come from?

From Middle English unbroken, from Old English unġebrocen (“unbroken”), equivalent to un- + broken. Cognate with Dutch ongebroken (“unbroken”), German Low German unbroken (“unbroken”), German ungebrochen (“unbroken”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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