uncultivated

adj

"uncultivated" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“uncultivated” is uncommon English (frequency #76,424 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,424
frequency rank, English
1,433
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.

Corpus desk

Index EN-uncultivated · uncultivated · English

uncultivated · rank #76,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,424
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,433
  • PHOTO-FINISH unamerican

Nearest frequency peer: unamerican (-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 “uncultivated”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “uncultivated” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for uncultivated
PropertyValue
Headworduncultivated
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#76,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “uncultivated” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).uncultivatedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “unamerican” (#76,423), “ultrathin” (#76,422), “twosome” (#76,421). Among 1,433 “U” headwords, “uncultivated” is #76,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

uncultivated is uncommon English at frequency #76,424 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

uncultivated doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + cultivated. The correct English form is uncultivated, spelled U-N-C-U-L-T-I-V-A-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
  2. 2
    Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge
  3. 3
    Not attended to or fostered.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how uncultivated appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I ſaw you were taken with her, which I ſhould not have expected; for after all, it is but a little uncultivated ruſtic, and ſurely rather ſhewy than handſome.

Etymology

From un- + cultivated.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "uncultivated"?
"uncultivated" is spelled U-N-C-U-L-T-I-V-A-T-E-D.
What does "uncultivated" mean?
As an adjective, "uncultivated" means: Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
What is the origin of the word "uncultivated"?
From un- + cultivated. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list