unceasing
"unceasing" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unceasing” is uncommon English (frequency #72,853 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,853
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - continuous; continuing indefinitely without stopping
Corpus desk
Index EN-unceasing · unceasing · English
unceasing · rank #72,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,853
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH Uluru
Nearest frequency peer: Uluru (-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 “unceasing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- uglies
uglies
27,151 corpus weight
- ultrasonogr…
ultrasonography
27,150 corpus weight
- Uluru
Uluru
27,149 corpus weight
- unceasing
unceasing
27,148 corpus weight
- uncorrected
uncorrected
27,147 corpus weight
- underdevelo…
underdevelopment
27,146 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unceasing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unceasing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unceasing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unceasing is uncommon English at frequency #72,853 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "continuous; continuing indefinitely without stopping".
No generated misspelling entries exist for unceasing in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + ceasing. The correct English form is unceasing, spelled U-N-C-E-A-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1continuous; continuing indefinitely without stopping
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unceasing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The unceasing fatigue of my daily walks to and from Clapham, with my various trudgings from one Doctor Humbug to another Doctor Whimsical, combined with the before-mentioned causes to affect my health.
To handle the unceasing traffic increase, immense sums of money are being expended in dealing with bottlenecks.
Etymology
From un- + ceasing.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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