unfunny
"unfunny" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unfunny” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,144. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,144
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not funny
Corpus desk
Index EN-unfunny · unfunny · English
unfunny · rank #45,144 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #45,144
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH undeserving
Nearest frequency peer: undeserving (-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 “unfunny”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unbearably
unbearably
54,860 corpus weight
- underwriter
underwriter
54,859 corpus weight
- undeserving
undeserving
54,858 corpus weight
- unfunny
unfunny
54,857 corpus weight
- unkempt
unkempt
54,856 corpus weight
- unmitigated
unmitigated
54,855 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unfunny” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unfunny |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #45,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unfunny” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around unfunny, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,144 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Not funny".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for unfunny, with forms such as "nufunny", "ufnunny", and "unffunny". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "uncanny", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + funny. The correct English form is unfunny, spelled U-N-F-U-N-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Not funny
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unfunny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Edward told an unfunny knock-knock joke that made his brother groan.
The decline of mobility, reason fading in and out like short-wave radio, the trickle of minor ailments that fed a deeper river—the subject was vast and not all of it was unfunny.
Etymology
From un- + funny.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nufunny
- ufnunny
- unffunny
- unfnuny
- unfunnyy
- unfuny
- unfunyn
- unnfunny
- unufnny
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unfunny - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 3, 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 "unfunny", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "uncanny". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #45,144 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.