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uncontested

adjective

uncontested is spelled U-N-C-O-N-T-E-S-T-E-D: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, uncontested means “Not contested or disputed; not made the object of competition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in uncontested?

Letters11: U-N-C-O-N-T-E-S-T-E-D
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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

How common is uncontested?

Uncontested appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 uncontested?

    Uncontested has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

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

    Forms of uncontested

    • more uncontested comparative
    • most uncontested superlative

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

    What does uncontested mean?

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

    adjective

    1. 1

      Not contested or disputed; not made the object of competition.

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

    Uncontested in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    In the sense not contested or disputed:

    LanguageWords
    Germanunangefochten

    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 uncontested come from?

    From un- + contested.

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

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