uncontroversial
"uncontroversial" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncontroversial” is uncommon English (frequency #63,335 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,335
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not controversial.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncontroversial · uncontroversial · English
uncontroversial · rank #63,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,335
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH uncompleted
Nearest frequency peer: uncompleted (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “uncontroversial”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unacknowled…
unacknowledged
36,669 corpus weight
- uncollected
uncollected
36,668 corpus weight
- uncompleted
uncompleted
36,667 corpus weight
- uncontrover…
uncontroversial
36,666 corpus weight
- uncritically
uncritically
36,665 corpus weight
- undervalue
undervalue
36,663 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “uncontroversial” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncontroversial |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #63,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “uncontroversial” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uncontroversial is uncommon English at frequency #63,335 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not controversial.".
No misspelling variants are generated for uncontroversial in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + controversial. The correct English form is uncontroversial, spelled U-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Not controversial.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how uncontroversial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Under court tradition, a new justice is usually assigned a relatively uncontroversial opinion that is often, although not always, unanimous.
Etymology
From un- + controversial.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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