uncategorized
"uncategorized" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncategorized” is uncommon English (frequency #67,922 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,922
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not having been sorted into a category.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncategorized · uncategorized · English
uncategorized · rank #67,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,922
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unaudited
Nearest frequency peer: unaudited (-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 “uncategorized”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ueda
Ueda
32,082 corpus weight
- unaudited
unaudited
32,080 corpus weight
- uncategoriz…
uncategorized
32,079 corpus weight
- uncoupling
uncoupling
32,078 corpus weight
- undernouris…
undernourished
32,077 corpus weight
- unequally
unequally
32,076 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “uncategorized” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncategorized |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #67,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “uncategorized” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uncategorized is uncommon English at frequency #67,922 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not having been sorted into a category.".
Zero misspellings are on record for uncategorized in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + categorized. The correct English form is uncategorized, spelled U-N-C-A-T-E-G-O-R-I-Z-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not having been sorted into a category.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how uncategorized appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Etymology
From un- + categorized.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).