unfinish
"unfinish" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unfinish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A state of incompletion; lack of finish; unfinishedness
Corpus desk
Index EN-unfinish · unfinish · English
unfinish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unfinish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unfinish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unfinish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A state of incompletion; lack of finish; unfinishedness".
Zero misspellings are on record for unfinish in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- (“lack of”) + finish (“completion”). The correct English form is unfinish, spelled U-N-F-I-N-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1A state of incompletion; lack of finish; unfinishedness
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unfinish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But, in Simmel's view, it also relates specifically to a distinctive feature of Rodin's work, its state of unfinish.
The movie raised quite real and diverse questions of unfinish. As it opened widely in late 2007, the producers stressed that the two sequels would be filmed if and only if the box office figures for this first venture were sufficiently astonishing.
Etymology
From un- (“lack of”) + finish (“completion”).
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.