unfruitful
adjective
unfruitful is spelled U-N-F-R-U-I-T-F-U-L: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unfruitful means “Not bearing fruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unfruitful?
| Letters | 10: U-N-F-R-U-I-T-F-U-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unfruitful?
Unfruitful appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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).
Forms of unfruitful
- more unfruitful comparative
- most unfruitful superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unfruitful mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not bearing fruit.
Despite going on for two hours, her search was unfruitful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unfruitful in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Not bearing fruit:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | infructueux |
| German | unfruchtbar, fruchtlos |
| Portuguese | infrutífero |
| Spanish | infructuoso |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unfruitful come from?
From Middle English unfruytful; equivalent to un- + fruitful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).