uncool
/ʌnˈkuːl/
"uncool" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncool” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #37,750 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #37,750
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not in accord with the current fashion, standards, or mores of a particular group; not cool.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncool |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnˈkuːl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #37,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “uncool” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for uncool is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʌnˈkuːl/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,750 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Not in accord with the current fashion, standards, or mores of a particular group; not cool.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for uncool, with forms such as "nucool", "ucnool", and "unccool". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + cool. The correct English form is uncool, spelled U-N-C-O-O-L.
Definition
- 1Not in accord with the current fashion, standards, or mores of a particular group; not cool.
Etymology
From un- + cool.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nucool,ucnool,unccool,uncol,uncolo,uncooll,unncool,unocol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uncool - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “uncool”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-C-O-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʌnˈkuːl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.