uncredited
"uncredited" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncredited” is uncommon English (frequency #50,872 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,872
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unacknowledged.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncredited · uncredited · English
uncredited · rank #50,872 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,872
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unceremonious…
Nearest frequency peer: unceremoniously (-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 “uncredited”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unavailabil…
unavailability
49,132 corpus weight
- unbounded
unbounded
49,131 corpus weight
- unceremonio…
unceremoniously
49,130 corpus weight
- uncredited
uncredited
49,129 corpus weight
- undercarria…
undercarriage
49,128 corpus weight
- unhindered
unhindered
49,127 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “uncredited” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncredited |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “uncredited” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uncredited is uncommon English at frequency #50,872 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for uncredited in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + credited. The correct English form is uncredited, spelled U-N-C-R-E-D-I-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Unacknowledged.
- 2Not believed.
- 3Not listed in the credits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uncredited appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Your lack of basic journalistic ethics in both the manner in which you ‘reported’ this uncredited nonsense, and the slanderous, unnecessary use of my picture without permission demands a response, and I am, of course, pursuing legal action.”
I find, with him to whom the tale is told, belief only makes the difference betwixt truth and lies; for a lie believed is true, and truth uncredited a lie.
Etymology
From un- + credited.
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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