uncritical
"uncritical" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncritical” is uncommon English (frequency #59,782 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,782
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking critique or critical examination; undiscriminating.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncritical · uncritical · English
uncritical · rank #59,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,782
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unfeeling
Nearest frequency peer: unfeeling (+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 “uncritical”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tweedy
tweedy
40,223 corpus weight
- twinned
twinned
40,222 corpus weight
- uncritical
uncritical
40,219 corpus weight
- unfeeling
unfeeling
40,218 corpus weight
- unidirectio…
unidirectional
40,217 corpus weight
- unmade
unmade
40,216 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “uncritical” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uncritical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “uncritical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uncritical is uncommon English at frequency #59,782 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 uncritical in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + critical. The correct English form is uncritical, spelled U-N-C-R-I-T-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Lacking critique or critical examination; undiscriminating.
- 2Having a disregard for critical standards or procedures.
- 3Slow to criticize.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uncritical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an uncritical review
Let any competent judge read Hacket's Life of Archbishop Williams, and then these Sermons, and so measure the stultifying, nugifying effect of a blind and uncritical study of the Fathers […]
Etymology
From un- + critical.
Antonyms
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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