unfavorable
adjective
unfavorable is spelled U-N-F-A-V-O-R-A-B-L-E: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “unfavorable vs unfavourable” about 10 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, unfavorable means “US standard spelling of unfavourable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unfavorable?
| Letters | 11: U-N-F-A-V-O-R-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is unfavorable?
Unfavorable appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 unfavorable?
Unfavorable has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with unfavorable
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: unfavourable.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of unfavorable
- more unfavorable comparative
- most unfavorable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unfavorable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
USUS standard spelling of unfavourable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does unfavorable come from?
From un- + favorable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).