unflinching
"unflinching" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unflinching” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,987. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,987
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Without flinching; staying committed despite any difficulty; steadfast.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unflinching · unflinching · English
unflinching · rank #47,987 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,987
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unexplainable
Nearest frequency peer: unexplainable (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “unflinching”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- undersized
undersized
52,017 corpus weight
- understaffed
understaffed
52,016 corpus weight
- unexplainab…
unexplainable
52,015 corpus weight
- unflinching
unflinching
52,014 corpus weight
- uninhibited
uninhibited
52,013 corpus weight
- unmodified
unmodified
52,011 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unflinching” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unflinching |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #47,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unflinching” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around unflinching, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,987 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Without flinching; staying committed despite any difficulty; steadfast.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for unflinching, with forms such as "nuflinching", "ufnlinching", and "unfflinching". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + flinching. The correct English form is unflinching, spelled U-N-F-L-I-N-C-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Without flinching; staying committed despite any difficulty; steadfast.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unflinching appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Can an honest, upright and Christian man, go into these conflicts, and with unflinching firmness stand up for all that is good, and oppose all that is evil, in whatever party it may be found, without a measure of moral courage such as few can command?
[…] I abandoned myself implicitly to the guidance of my wife, and entered with an unflinching heart into the intricacies of her studies.
Etymology
From un- + flinching.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuflinching
- ufnlinching
- unfflinching
- unfilnching
- unflicnhing
- unflincching
- unflinchhing
- unflinchign
- unflinchingg
- unflinchinng
- unflinchnig
- unflincihng
- unflinhcing
- unflinnching
- unfllinching
- unflniching
- unlfinching
- unnflinching
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unflinching - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unflinching", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.