uncheerful
/ʌnˈtʃɪəfəl/
"uncheerful" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncheerful” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not cheerful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncheerful · uncheerful · English
uncheerful · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncheerful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnˈtʃɪəfəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “uncheerful” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
uncheerful is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʌnˈtʃɪəfəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not cheerful.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for uncheerful, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + cheerful. The correct English form is uncheerful, spelled U-N-C-H-E-E-R-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Not cheerful.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uncheerful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But by the change of her unchearefull looke, / They might perceive she was not well in plight […].
For now, though, Paramore gets by on good cheer, even during seemingly uncheerful songs.
Etymology
From un- + cheerful.
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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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.