unbury
"unbury" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unbury” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To dig up, to remove from the ground.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unbury |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unbury” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unbury is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To dig up, to remove from the ground.".
unbury has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English unburien, unbirien, from Old English *unbyrġan (compare Old English unbyrġed (“unburied”)), equivalent to un- + bury. The correct English form is unbury, spelled U-N-B-U-R-Y.
Definition
- 1To dig up, to remove from the ground.
Etymology
From Middle English unburien, unbirien, from Old English *unbyrġan (compare Old English unbyrġed (“unburied”)), equivalent to un- + bury.
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.
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Using “unbury”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-B-U-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.