uncontrollable
"uncontrollable" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncontrollable” has 21 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,713
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncontrollable · uncontrollable · English
uncontrollable · rank #23,713 · 21 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #23,713
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unconditional…
Nearest frequency peer: unconditionally (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “uncontrollable”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tsar
tsar
76,291 corpus weight
- tycoon
tycoon
76,290 corpus weight
- uncondition…
unconditionally
76,289 corpus weight
- uncontrolla…
uncontrollable
76,288 corpus weight
- undeniably
undeniably
76,287 corpus weight
- unfolded
unfolded
76,286 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “uncontrollable” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncontrollable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #23,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “uncontrollable” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around uncontrollable, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,713 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for uncontrollable, with forms such as "nucontrollable", "ucnontrollable", and "unccontrollable". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "uncontrollably", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + controllable. The correct English form is uncontrollable, spelled U-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uncontrollable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She got the uncontrollable urge for some chocolate.
"Ethel!" exclaimed Norbourne, his strong and uncontrollable emotion betraying the power that her name still had over him: he tried to say something more, but the words died on his lips.
Etymology
From un- + controllable.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nucontrollable
- ucnontrollable
- unccontrollable
- uncnotrollable
- unconntrollable
- unconrtollable
- uncontorllable
- uncontrlolable
- uncontrolable
- uncontrolalble
- uncontrollabble
- uncontrollabel
- uncontrollablle
- uncontrollalbe
- uncontrollbale
- uncontrollible
- uncontrrollable
- unconttrollable
- uncotnrollable
- unncontrollable
- unocntrollable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uncontrollable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).
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Data Source
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.