unerring
un·err·ing/ʌnˈɜːɹ.ɪŋ/adjective
unerring is spelled U-N-E-R-R-I-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables (un·err·ing). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unerring means “consistently accurate; not missing a target” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unerring?
| Letters | 8: U-N-E-R-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: un·err·ing |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unerring?
Unerring appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unerring?
- UK /ʌnˈɜːɹ.ɪŋ/
Unerring has 3 syllables, split un·err·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-unerring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unerring
- more unerring comparative
- most unerring superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unerring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
consistently accurate; not missing a target.
Hissing in air the unerring weapon flew.
- 2
2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, pages 630–1
- 3
As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators.
- 4
2023 March 23, Phil McNulty, “Italy 1-2 England”, in BBC Sport
- 5
Debutant Mateo Retegui was the beneficiary of poor work from Harry Maguire, whose failed attempt to close down the danger on the edge of the box allowed the Italians to shift the ball to the 23-year-old to drill an unerring finish past Jordan Pickford after 56 minutes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unerring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense consistently accurate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | unfehlbar, untrüglich |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unerring come from?
From un- + erring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).