undelivered
"undelivered" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“undelivered” is uncommon English (frequency #88,969 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,969
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not delivered.
Corpus desk
Index EN-undelivered · undelivered · English
undelivered · rank #88,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,969
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH uncirculated
Nearest frequency peer: uncirculated (-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 “undelivered”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ulu
ulu
11,035 corpus weight
- unalterable
unalterable
11,034 corpus weight
- uncirculated
uncirculated
11,033 corpus weight
- undelivered
undelivered
11,032 corpus weight
- undercoat
undercoat
11,031 corpus weight
- undisguised
undisguised
11,029 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “undelivered” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | undelivered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “undelivered” in English
Rare enough to double-check
undelivered is uncommon English at frequency #88,969 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not delivered.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for undelivered, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + delivered. The correct English form is undelivered, spelled U-N-D-E-L-I-V-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not delivered.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how undelivered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Most undelivered mail has the wrong address.
[I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, in all things els authors, aſſertors and novv recoverers of our libertie, to deliver us, the only people of all Proteſtants left ſtill undeliverd, from the oppreſſions of a Simonious decimating clergie; […]
Etymology
From un- + delivered.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).