undercooked
"undercooked" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“undercooked” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #48,543 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #48,543
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Insufficiently cooked, so as to be unpalatable or inedible.
| 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) |
Where “undercooked” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for undercooked is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective. 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 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.
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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
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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Using “undercooked”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-D-E-R-C-O-O-K-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.