uncoupled
"uncoupled" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncoupled” is uncommon English (frequency #80,082 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,082
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not coupled to something; disconnected; detached.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncoupled · uncoupled · English
uncoupled · rank #80,082 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,082
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH uncharitable
Nearest frequency peer: uncharitable (-1 rank slots)
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Frequency neighbourhood for “uncoupled”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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19,921 corpus weight
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19,920 corpus weight
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uncoupled
19,919 corpus weight
- unfrozen
unfrozen
19,918 corpus weight
- unhurried
unhurried
19,917 corpus weight
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unipolar
19,916 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “uncoupled” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncoupled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “uncoupled” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
uncoupled is uncommon English at frequency #80,082 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not coupled to something; disconnected; detached.".
No misspelling variants are generated for uncoupled in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + coupled. The correct English form is uncoupled, spelled U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not coupled to something; disconnected; detached.
Etymology
From un- + coupled.
This word in other languages
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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