unburden
"unburden" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unburden” is uncommon English (frequency #97,663 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,663
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To free from burden, or relieve from trouble.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unburden · unburden · English
unburden · rank #97,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,663
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH umph
Nearest frequency peer: umph (-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 “unburden”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- umph
umph
2,339 corpus weight
- unburden
unburden
2,338 corpus weight
- underfed
underfed
2,337 corpus weight
- unethically
unethically
2,336 corpus weight
- UNIVAC
UNIVAC
2,335 corpus weight
- unredacted
unredacted
2,334 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unburden” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unburden |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unburden” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unburden is uncommon English at frequency #97,663 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To free from burden, or relieve from trouble.".
unburden has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + burden. The correct English form is unburden, spelled U-N-B-U-R-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1To free from burden, or relieve from trouble.
Etymology
From un- + burden.
Synonyms
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).