undesirability

noun

"undesirability" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“undesirability” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being undesirable.

Corpus desk

Index EN-undesirability · undesirability · English

undesirability · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for undesirability
PropertyValue
Headwordundesirability
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “undesirability” in English

undesirabilitysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

undesirability is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for undesirability, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + desirability. The correct English form is undesirability, spelled U-N-D-E-S-I-R-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The property of being undesirable.
  2. 2
    Something undesirable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how undesirability appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. India is merely the geopsychic site for a cluster of undesirabilities that continue to be illicitly desired.

Etymology

From un- + desirability.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "undesirability"?
"undesirability" is spelled U-N-D-E-S-I-R-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
What does "undesirability" mean?
As a noun, "undesirability" means: The property of being undesirable.
What is the origin of the word "undesirability"?
From un- + desirability. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list