unhallowed
"unhallowed" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unhallowed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not hallowed or blessed; unholy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unhallowed · unhallowed · English
unhallowed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unhallowed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unhallowed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unhallowed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not hallowed or blessed; unholy.".
unhallowed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English unhalowyd; equivalent to un- + hallowed. The correct English form is unhallowed, spelled U-N-H-A-L-L-O-W-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not hallowed or blessed; unholy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unhallowed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The murderer was buried in unhallowed ground.
Gra[tiano]. O be thou damn’d, inexecrable dog, / And for thy life let iuſtice be accuſde; / Thou almoſt mak’ſt me wauer in my faith, / To hold opinion with Pythagoras, / That ſoules of Animals infuſe themſelues / Into the trunks of men: Thy curriſh ſpirit / Gouern’d a Wolfe, who, hang’d for humane ſlaughter, / Euen from the gallowes did his fell ſoule fle…
Etymology
From Middle English unhalowyd; equivalent to un- + hallowed.
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.