unintelligent
/ˌʌnənˈtɛləd͡ʒənt/
"unintelligent" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unintelligent” is uncommon English (frequency #53,934 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,934
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not intelligent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unintelligent · unintelligent · English
unintelligent · rank #53,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,934
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unfeasible
Nearest frequency peer: unfeasible (-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 “unintelligent”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- undifferent…
undifferentiated
46,070 corpus weight
- undignified
undignified
46,069 corpus weight
- unfeasible
unfeasible
46,068 corpus weight
- unintellige…
unintelligent
46,067 corpus weight
- unrecorded
unrecorded
46,066 corpus weight
- utters
utters
46,064 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unintelligent” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unintelligent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌʌnənˈtɛləd͡ʒənt/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #53,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unintelligent” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unintelligent is uncommon English at frequency #53,934 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌʌnənˈtɛləd͡ʒənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not intelligent.".
unintelligent has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + intelligent. The correct English form is unintelligent, spelled U-N-I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Not intelligent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unintelligent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"That young girl," he added unexpectedly, "is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting."
Etymology
From un- + intelligent.
This word in other languages
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).