unfavor

noun

"unfavor" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unfavor” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absence or lack of favor.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unfavor · unfavor · English

unfavor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for unfavor
PropertyValue
Headwordunfavor
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unfavor” in English

unfavorsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unfavor is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absence or lack of favor.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unfavor, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + favor. The correct English form is unfavor, spelled U-N-F-A-V-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Absence or lack of favor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Having no stand to show favour at one time and unfavour at another time.
  2. He emerged out from the rear of the temple and into the courtyard of the Four Kings where he was met with un-favor and disciplined silence...the silence of over five hundred warriors.

Etymology

From un- + favor.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unfavor"?
"unfavor" is spelled U-N-F-A-V-O-R.
What does "unfavor" mean?
As a noun, "unfavor" means: Absence or lack of favor.
What is the origin of the word "unfavor"?
From un- + favor. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list