unconspicuous
"unconspicuous" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unconspicuous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not conspicuous; inconspicuous
Corpus desk
Index EN-unconspicuous · unconspicuous · English
unconspicuous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | unconspicuous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unconspicuous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unconspicuous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not conspicuous; inconspicuous".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unconspicuous, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + conspicuous. The correct English form is unconspicuous, spelled U-N-C-O-N-S-P-I-C-U-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Not conspicuous; inconspicuous
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unconspicuous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
All the grand sources, in short, of human suffering are in a great degree, many of them almost entirely, conquerable by human care and effort; and though their removal is grievously slow—though a long succession of generations will perish in the breach before the conquest is completed, and this world becomes all that, if will and knowledge were not wantin…
Etymology
From un- + conspicuous.
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.