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unchecked

un·checked/ʌnˈt͡ʃɛkt/adjective, verb

unchecked is spelled U-N-C-H-E-C-K-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables (un·checked). It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unchecked means “Unrestrained, not held back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in unchecked?

Letters9: U-N-C-H-E-C-K-E-D
Syllables2: un·checked
In writing1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is unchecked?

Unchecked appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce unchecked?

  • /ʌnˈt͡ʃɛkt/

Unchecked has 2 syllables, split un·checked in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-unchecked.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does unchecked mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Unrestrained, not held back.

    unchecked ambition

  2. 2

    Not examined for accuracy, efficiency, etc.

    unchecked writings

  3. 3

    Of a check box: not checked (ticked or enabled).

  4. 4

    Of a square: part of only one entry (that is, across or down, but not both).

verb

  1. 1

    simple past and past participle of uncheck. (a form of uncheck)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Unchecked in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanunkontrolliert (unrestrained)
Portuguesedesgovernado (unrestrained)
Spanishsin tasa, sin control, desenfrenado (unrestrained), no comprobado (not examined for accuracy)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does unchecked come from?

From un- + checked.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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