unbuilt
"unbuilt" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unbuilt” is uncommon English (frequency #98,840 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,840
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not built
Corpus desk
Index EN-unbuilt · unbuilt · English
unbuilt · rank #98,840 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,840
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unallocated
Nearest frequency peer: unallocated (-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 “unbuilt”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- twitty
twitty
1,166 corpus weight
- Ugarte
Ugarte
1,164 corpus weight
- unallocated
unallocated
1,162 corpus weight
- unbuilt
unbuilt
1,161 corpus weight
- unfertilized
unfertilized
1,160 corpus weight
- unifier
unifier
1,159 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unbuilt” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unbuilt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,840 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unbuilt” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unbuilt is uncommon English at frequency #98,840 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not built".
No misspelling variants are generated for unbuilt in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English unbilt. By surface analysis, un- + built. The correct English form is unbuilt, spelled U-N-B-U-I-L-T.
Definition
- 1Not built
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unbuilt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yerkes created the GNP&BR [Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway] in 1901 by merging two underground railway companies with unbuilt lines - the Great Northern & Strand Railway and the Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English unbilt. By surface analysis, un- + built.
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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