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unimpeded

adjective

unimpeded is spelled U-N-I-M-P-E-D-E-D: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unimpeded means “Free from obstructions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in unimpeded?

Letters9: U-N-I-M-P-E-D-E-D
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 51,129th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is unimpeded?

Unimpeded appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th 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).

How do you pronounce unimpeded?

    Unimpeded has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of unimpeded

    • more unimpeded comparative
    • most unimpeded superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does unimpeded mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Free from obstructions.

      Please allow unimpeded access to the fire escape.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Unimpeded in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    In the sense free from obstructions:

    LanguageWords
    Frenchsans entrave, sans encombre

    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 unimpeded come from?

    From un- + impeded.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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