undefended
"undefended" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“undefended” is uncommon English (frequency #64,092 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,092
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not defended.
Corpus desk
Index EN-undefended · undefended · English
undefended · rank #64,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,092
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unimaginably
Nearest frequency peer: unimaginably (+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 “undefended”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- umbrage
umbrage
35,914 corpus weight
- unapproacha…
unapproachable
35,912 corpus weight
- unbeliever
unbeliever
35,911 corpus weight
- undefended
undefended
35,909 corpus weight
- unimaginably
unimaginably
35,908 corpus weight
- unpleasantly
unpleasantly
35,905 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “undefended” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | undefended |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “undefended” in English
Rare enough to double-check
undefended is uncommon English at frequency #64,092 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not defended.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for undefended, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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- + defended. The correct English form is undefended, spelled U-N-D-E-F-E-N-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not defended.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how undefended appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“You needn’t worry about bombs, by the way. Dresden is an open city. It is undefended, and contains no war industries or troop concentrations of any importance.”
Etymology
From un- + defended.
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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