unethically
"unethically" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unethically” is uncommon English (frequency #97,665 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,665
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an unethical manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unethically · unethically · English
unethically · rank #97,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,665
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH underfed
Nearest frequency peer: underfed (-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 “unethically”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- umph
umph
2,339 corpus weight
- unburden
unburden
2,338 corpus weight
- underfed
underfed
2,337 corpus weight
- unethically
unethically
2,336 corpus weight
- UNIVAC
UNIVAC
2,335 corpus weight
- unredacted
unredacted
2,334 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unethically” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unethically |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unethically” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unethically is uncommon English at frequency #97,665 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an unethical manner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for unethically in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From unethical + -ly. The correct English form is unethically, spelled U-N-E-T-H-I-C-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an unethical manner.
Etymology
From unethical + -ly.
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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