undistinguished
"undistinguished" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“undistinguished” is uncommon English (frequency #67,128 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,128
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not distinguished: not marked by conspicuous qualities.
Corpus desk
Index EN-undistinguished · undistinguished · English
undistinguished · rank #67,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,128
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH understate
Nearest frequency peer: understate (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “undistinguished”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Uist
Uist
32,876 corpus weight
- Ulbricht
Ulbricht
32,875 corpus weight
- understate
understate
32,874 corpus weight
- undistingui…
undistinguished
32,873 corpus weight
- unfailingly
unfailingly
32,872 corpus weight
- unobserved
unobserved
32,871 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “undistinguished” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | undistinguished |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #67,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “undistinguished” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
undistinguished is uncommon English at frequency #67,128 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for undistinguished in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + distinguished. The correct English form is undistinguished, spelled U-N-D-I-S-T-I-N-G-U-I-S-H-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not distinguished: not marked by conspicuous qualities.
- 2Not distinguished: not having an air of distinction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how undistinguished appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
While most are familiar with the history of the Third Reich from 1933 onward, this essay offers insight into the undistinguished, prefamous Hitler.
All the messages in and around Wembley before and during this FA Cup final pointed to this Wembley showpiece marking the end of Van Gaal's largely undistinguished two-year spell in charge.
Etymology
From un- + distinguished.
This word in other languages
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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