undercooked
"undercooked" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“undercooked” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,543
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insufficiently cooked, so as to be unpalatable or inedible.
Corpus desk
Index EN-undercooked · undercooked · English
undercooked · rank #48,543 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,543
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH uncommonly
Nearest frequency peer: uncommonly (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “undercooked”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- uncaring
uncaring
51,461 corpus weight
- uncharacter…
uncharacteristic
51,460 corpus weight
- uncommonly
uncommonly
51,459 corpus weight
- undercooked
undercooked
51,458 corpus weight
- unplayable
unplayable
51,457 corpus weight
- usefully
usefully
51,456 corpus weight
What this shows “undercooked” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | undercooked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #48,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “undercooked”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around undercooked, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,543 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for undercooked, with forms such as "nudercooked", "udnercooked", and "unddercooked". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is undercooked, spelled U-N-D-E-R-C-O-O-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1Insufficiently cooked, so as to be unpalatable or inedible.
- 2Very lightly cooked.
- 3Done with insufficient energy, enthusiasm, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how undercooked appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I can't eat this chicken – it's undercooked.
The broccoli was nicely undercooked.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nudercooked
- udnercooked
- unddercooked
- undecrooked
- underccooked
- undercoked
- undercokoed
- undercooekd
- undercookde
- undercookedd
- undercookked
- underocoked
- underrcooked
- undrecooked
- unedrcooked
- unndercooked
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of undercooked - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "undercooked", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).