unintentionality

noun

"unintentionality" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unintentionality” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The characteristic of being unintentional.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unintentionality · unintentionality · English

unintentionality · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for unintentionality
PropertyValue
Headwordunintentionality
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unintentionality” in English

unintentionalityfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unintentionality is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unintentionality, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + intentionality. The correct English form is unintentionality, spelled U-N-I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The characteristic of being unintentional.
  2. 2
    A thing for which there was no intent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how unintentionality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. But this utopia, drawing on the unconscious operations of Adam Smith's invisible hand, and in sharp n sharp contrast to the hyperconsciousness of the utopian "intentional community," gambled everything on the unintentionality of its universal panacea, for which any number of populations around the globe proved unwilling to wait.
  2. […] to cite it as one more proof of the dramatist's willingness to emulate the unintentionalities of living speech.

Etymology

From un- + intentionality.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unintentionality"?
"unintentionality" is spelled U-N-I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y.
What does "unintentionality" mean?
As a noun, "unintentionality" means: The characteristic of being unintentional.
What is the origin of the word "unintentionality"?
From un- + intentionality. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list