uncorporeal

adj

"uncorporeal" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“uncorporeal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not corporeal.

Corpus desk

Index EN-uncorporeal · uncorporeal · English

uncorporeal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for uncorporeal
PropertyValue
Headworduncorporeal
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “uncorporeal” in English

uncorporealsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

uncorporeal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not corporeal.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for uncorporeal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + corporeal. The correct English form is uncorporeal, spelled U-N-C-O-R-P-O-R-E-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not corporeal.

Etymology

From un- + corporeal.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "uncorporeal"?
"uncorporeal" is spelled U-N-C-O-R-P-O-R-E-A-L.
What does "uncorporeal" mean?
As an adjective, "uncorporeal" means: Not corporeal.
What is the origin of the word "uncorporeal"?
From un- + corporeal. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list