unfreeze
"unfreeze" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unfreeze” is uncommon English (frequency #76,430 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,430
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To defrost something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unfreeze · unfreeze · English
unfreeze · rank #76,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,430
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unfriended
Nearest frequency peer: unfriended (+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 “unfreeze”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- uncultivated
uncultivated
23,577 corpus weight
- undescribed
undescribed
23,573 corpus weight
- unfreeze
unfreeze
23,571 corpus weight
- unfriended
unfriended
23,570 corpus weight
- univariate
univariate
23,568 corpus weight
- Unsworth
Unsworth
23,567 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unfreeze” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unfreeze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unfreeze” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unfreeze is uncommon English at frequency #76,430 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for unfreeze in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + freeze. The correct English form is unfreeze, spelled U-N-F-R-E-E-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To defrost something.
- 2To thaw.
- 3To resume movement.
- 4To release from a previously locked or frozen state.
- 5To release previously suspended financial assets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unfreeze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He lowered the gun, and we unfroze.
The indictment said that after Mr. Bankman-Fried received confirmation that the accounts were unfrozen, the rest of the bribe money was paid.
Etymology
From un- + freeze.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).