unexamined
"unexamined" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unexamined” is uncommon English (frequency #69,550 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,550
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That has not been examined
Corpus desk
Index EN-unexamined · unexamined · English
unexamined · rank #69,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,550
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unheeded
Nearest frequency peer: unheeded (+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 “unexamined”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unanswerable
unanswerable
30,455 corpus weight
- undoes
undoes
30,453 corpus weight
- unexamined
unexamined
30,451 corpus weight
- unheeded
unheeded
30,450 corpus weight
- unmentioned
unmentioned
30,449 corpus weight
- unsettle
unsettle
30,448 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unexamined” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unexamined |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unexamined” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unexamined is uncommon English at frequency #69,550 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That has not been examined".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unexamined, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + examined. The correct English form is unexamined, spelled U-N-E-X-A-M-I-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1That has not been examined
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unexamined appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If, as Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living," then we should also consider a corollary to this axiom about life in school: "The unexamined lesson is not worth learning!"
Etymology
From un- + examined.
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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