unhopeful
"unhopeful" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unhopeful” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not hopeful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unhopeful · unhopeful · English
unhopeful · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | unhopeful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unhopeful” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unhopeful is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not hopeful.".
No misspelling variants are generated for unhopeful in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English unhopful, unhopfulle, equivalent to un- + hopeful. The correct English form is unhopeful, spelled U-N-H-O-P-E-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Not hopeful.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unhopeful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As a young man, his was a severe and unhopeful mind, and the tendency to despond was increased by circumstances.
His pessimistic and unhopeful temperament was doubtless due to inherent and hereditary bodily weakness, and to the lack of muscular cultivation in his youth, which might have modified inherent tendencies.
Etymology
From Middle English unhopful, unhopfulle, equivalent to un- + hopeful.
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.