unheeded
"unheeded" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unheeded” is uncommon English (frequency #69,551 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,551
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not heeded; not listened to; ignored
Corpus desk
Index EN-unheeded · unheeded · English
unheeded · rank #69,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,551
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unexamined
Nearest frequency peer: unexamined (-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 “unheeded”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- undoes
undoes
30,453 corpus weight
- unexamined
unexamined
30,451 corpus weight
- unheeded
unheeded
30,450 corpus weight
- unmentioned
unmentioned
30,449 corpus weight
- unsettle
unsettle
30,448 corpus weight
- unviable
unviable
30,447 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unheeded” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unheeded |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unheeded” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unheeded is uncommon English at frequency #69,551 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
unheeded doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + heeded. The correct English form is unheeded, spelled U-N-H-E-E-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not heeded; not listened to; ignored
- 2not followed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unheeded appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The TSSA said that access to the furlough scheme should be reinstated for the cross-Channel operator to protect jobs, while the RMT said a financial 'safety net' was needed to prevent Eurostar "tipping over". It follows similar but unheeded calls made at the very start of the pandemic, when international travel fell by more than 95% and Eurostar was force…
Etymology
From un- + heeded.
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).