uncharitable
"uncharitable" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncharitable” is uncommon English (frequency #80,081 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,081
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not charitable
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncharitable · uncharitable · English
uncharitable · rank #80,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,081
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unbutton
Nearest frequency peer: unbutton (-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 “uncharitable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ulema
ulema
19,924 corpus weight
- unbutton
unbutton
19,921 corpus weight
- uncharitable
uncharitable
19,920 corpus weight
- uncoupled
uncoupled
19,919 corpus weight
- unfrozen
unfrozen
19,918 corpus weight
- unhurried
unhurried
19,917 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “uncharitable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncharitable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #80,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “uncharitable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uncharitable is uncommon English at frequency #80,081 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not charitable".
uncharitable has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + charitable. The correct English form is uncharitable, spelled U-N-C-H-A-R-I-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not charitable
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how uncharitable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It would not be uncharitable to pass a poor verdict on the majority of post-war small station designs. With some exceptions, they have ignored their surroundings in terms of style and materials, and they have failed to provide the welcome and amenities that waiting passengers deserve.
Etymology
From un- + charitable.
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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