unearthing

noun

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"unearthing" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unearthing” is uncommon English (frequency #60,538 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,538
frequency rank, English
1,433
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something unearthed; a discovery.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unearthing · unearthing · English

unearthing · rank #60,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,538
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,433
  • PHOTO-FINISH unconstitutio…

Nearest frequency peer: unconstitutionally (-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 “unearthing”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “unearthing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unearthing
PropertyValue
Headwordunearthing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,538
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unearthing” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).unearthingfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “unconstitutionally” (#60,537), “unhygienic” (#60,539), “unashamed” (#60,536). Among 1,433 “U” headwords, “unearthing” is #60,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unearthing is uncommon English at frequency #60,538 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Something unearthed; a discovery.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unearthing, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is unearthing, spelled U-N-E-A-R-T-H-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Something unearthed; a discovery.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. This year’s unearthings were the Jesus Lizard, from Chicago, which hasn’t been on the road in 10 years, as well as Suicide, from New York City, and the Feelies, from New Jersey, two bands that have seldom performed in that time.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unearthing"?
"unearthing" is spelled U-N-E-A-R-T-H-I-N-G.
What does "unearthing" mean?
As a noun, "unearthing" means: Something unearthed; a discovery.
What language does "unearthing" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unearthing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unhygienic#60,539unnumbered#60,540Teddington#60,510wonderment#60,573

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list