unfriendship

noun

"unfriendship" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unfriendliness; enmity

Corpus desk

Index EN-unfriendship · unfriendship · English

unfriendship · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for unfriendship
PropertyValue
Headwordunfriendship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unfriendship” in English

unfriendshipfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

unfriendship is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for unfriendship in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + friendship. The correct English form is unfriendship, spelled U-N-F-R-I-E-N-D-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    unfriendliness; enmity
  2. 2
    The state of not being a friend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. an act of unfriendship to my sovereign person

Etymology

From un- + friendship.

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 "unfriendship"?
"unfriendship" is spelled U-N-F-R-I-E-N-D-S-H-I-P.
What does "unfriendship" mean?
As a noun, "unfriendship" means: unfriendliness; enmity
What is the origin of the word "unfriendship"?
From un- + friendship. 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