uneconomic
"uneconomic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uneconomic” is uncommon English (frequency #66,372 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,372
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Financially inefficient, costly, wasteful, or loss-making.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uneconomic · uneconomic · English
uneconomic · rank #66,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,372
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH underemployme…
Nearest frequency peer: underemployment (-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 “uneconomic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unbalance
unbalance
33,631 corpus weight
- underemploy…
underemployment
33,630 corpus weight
- uneconomic
uneconomic
33,629 corpus weight
- unga
unga
33,628 corpus weight
- unheated
unheated
33,627 corpus weight
- unlearned
unlearned
33,626 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “uneconomic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uneconomic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “uneconomic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uneconomic is uncommon English at frequency #66,372 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Financially inefficient, costly, wasteful, or loss-making.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for uneconomic, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + economic. The correct English form is uneconomic, spelled U-N-E-C-O-N-O-M-I-C.
Definition
- 1Financially inefficient, costly, wasteful, or loss-making.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uneconomic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Since the modernisation plan was launched, the policy of withdrawing uneconomic services has been continued.
Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination".
Etymology
From un- + economic.
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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