unconscious
un·con·scious/ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/adjective, noun
unconscious is spelled U-N-C-O-N-S-C-I-O-U-S, 3 syllables: un·con·scious. The wrong spelling people search most is unconcious: about 300 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 12 of all searches for the word. Unconscious is an adjective meaning “Not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury)”.
How many letters and syllables are in unconscious?
| Letters | 11: U-N-C-O-N-S-C-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: un·con·scious |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, unconcious, about 300 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell unconscious?
Unconscious is spelled U-N-C-O-N-S-C-I-O-U-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 12 of the searches for unconscious in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is unconscious?
Unconscious appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 unconscious?
- UK /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəs/
- US /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/
Unconscious has 3 syllables, split un·con·scious in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-unconscious.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with unconscious?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as unconscious from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnʃəs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of unconscious
- more unconscious comparative
- most unconscious superlative
- unconsciouses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unconscious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury).
After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious.
- 2
Without directed thought or awareness.
My sudden fright was an unconscious response.
- 3
engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
noun
- 1
That part of mind that is not consciously perceived.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unconscious in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inconscient , subconscient |
| German | bewusstlos , spontan, unbewusst, unterbewusst , Unbewusstes, Unterbewusstsein |
| Portuguese | inconsciente, desacordado, desmaiado, esmaecido, desfalecido, incônscio |
| Spanish | inconsciente , subconsciente , subconsciencia |
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 unconscious come from?
From un- + conscious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).