unintelligent
/ˌʌnənˈtɛləd͡ʒənt/
"unintelligent" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unintelligent” is an uncommon English word, ranked #53,934 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #53,934
- frequency rank, English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not intelligent.
| 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) |
Where “unintelligent” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for unintelligent is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌʌnənˈtɛləd͡ʒənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,934 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “unintelligent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.