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undercooked

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "undercooked", 11-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "undercooked" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "undercooked" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

undercooked is anEnglishadj. It means: Insufficiently cooked, so as to be unpalatable or inedible.

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Key facts for undercooked
PropertyValue
Headwordundercooked
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdj
Letters11
Frequency rank#48,543
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of undercooked in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for undercooked is 11 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #48,543 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for undercooked, with forms such as "nudercooked", "udnercooked", and "unddercooked". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is undercooked, spelled U-N-D-E-R-C-O-O-K-E-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Insufficiently cooked, so as to be unpalatable or inedible.
  2. 2
    Very lightly cooked.
  3. 3
    Done with insufficient energy, enthusiasm, etc.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nudercooked,udnercooked,unddercooked,undecrooked,underccooked,undercoked,undercokoed,undercooekd,undercookde,undercookedd,undercookked,underocoked,underrcooked,undrecooked,unedrcooked,unndercooked

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for undercooked

Misspelling Variants of "undercooked"

nudercooked11udnercooked11unddercooked12undecrooked11underccooked12undercoked10undercokoed11undercooekd11
Misspelling Variants of "undercooked"

Frequency rank: #48,543 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "undercooked"?
"undercooked" is spelled U-N-D-E-R-C-O-O-K-E-D.
What does "undercooked" mean?
As an adj, "undercooked" means: Insufficiently cooked, so as to be unpalatable or inedible.
What are common misspellings of "undercooked"?
Common misspellings include "nudercooked", "udnercooked", "unddercooked", "undecrooked", "underccooked". The correct spelling is "undercooked".
What language does "undercooked" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.