uncourageous
/ˌʌnkəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs/
"uncourageous" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncourageous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lacking courage
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncourageous · uncourageous · English
uncourageous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncourageous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌʌnkəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “uncourageous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uncourageous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌʌnkəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lacking courage".
uncourageous has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + courageous. The correct English form is uncourageous, spelled U-N-C-O-U-R-A-G-E-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1lacking courage
Etymology
From un- + courageous.
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.