unduly
/ʌnˈdjuːli/
"unduly" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unduly” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,875
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Undeservedly; in a way that is not warranted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unduly · unduly · English
unduly · rank #29,875 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,875
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH underline
Nearest frequency peer: underline (-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 “unduly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- unaccompani…
unaccompanied
70,129 corpus weight
- uncontrolla…
uncontrollably
70,128 corpus weight
- underline
underline
70,127 corpus weight
- unduly
unduly
70,126 corpus weight
- unincorpora…
unincorporated
70,125 corpus weight
- unsatisfied
unsatisfied
70,124 corpus weight
What this shows “unduly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unduly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ʌnˈdjuːli/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “unduly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around unduly (IPA /ʌnˈdjuːli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #29,875 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Undeservedly; in a way that is not warranted.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for unduly, with forms such as "nuduly", "udnuly", and "undduly". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "unruly", "unholy", "undue", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From undue + -ly or un- + duly. The correct English form is unduly, spelled U-N-D-U-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Undeservedly; in a way that is not warranted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unduly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The speaker unduly criticized his opponent and later apologized for this.
The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
Etymology
From undue + -ly or un- + duly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuduly
- udnuly
- undduly
- undluy
- undully
- undulyy
- unduyl
- unnduly
- unudly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unduly - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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