unchristian
/ʌnˈkɹɪstʃən/
"unchristian" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unchristian” is uncommon English (frequency #95,555 among 23,789 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,555
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not of the Christian faith.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unchristian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnˈkɹɪstʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unchristian” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unchristian is uncommon English at frequency #95,555 among 23,789 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʌnˈkɹɪstʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unchristian, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alternation (due to Christian) of Middle English uncristen, uncristene, from Old English uncristen (“unchristian”), equivalent to un- + Christian. Compare West Frisian onkristen, Dutch onkristen (obsolete Dutch onchristen), Danish ukristen, Swedish okristen… The correct English form is unchristian, spelled U-N-C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Not of the Christian faith.
- 2Not in accord with Christian principles; without Christian spirit; unbefitting a Christian.
Etymology
Alternation (due to Christian) of Middle English uncristen, uncristene, from Old English uncristen (“unchristian”), equivalent to un- + Christian. Compare West Frisian onkristen, Dutch onkristen (obsolete Dutch onchristen), Danish ukristen, Swedish okristen, Icelandic ókristinn.
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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- The one correct English spelling is U-N-C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.