unders
"unders" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unders” is uncommon English (frequency #71,194 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,194
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Underwear.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unders · unders · English
unders · rank #71,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,194
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH underwire
Nearest frequency peer: underwire (+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 “unders”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ulama
ulama
28,809 corpus weight
- unders
unders
28,807 corpus weight
- underwire
underwire
28,806 corpus weight
- undiminished
undiminished
28,805 corpus weight
- unenthusias…
unenthusiastic
28,804 corpus weight
- usefull
usefull
28,802 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unders” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unders |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unders” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unders is uncommon English at frequency #71,194 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Underwear.".
Zero misspellings are on record for unders in our index, 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is unders, spelled U-N-D-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Underwear.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unders appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There she stood in the door in her unders, her chest a-heavin'. She had her blue sun dress rolled up in a ball in her hand, and her hair was all tossed about and wild-like.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).