uninteresting

Name: uninteresting, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“uninteresting” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,334
frequency rank, English: 1,433
“U” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.

Corpus desk

Index EN-uninteresting · uninteresting · English

uninteresting · rank #34,334 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #34,334
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-MID 1,433
PHOTO-FINISH undress

Nearest frequency peer: undress (-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.

turmeric

65,671
unchallenged

65,670
undress

65,668
uninteresti…

65,667
vandalized

65,665
veneration

65,664

What this shows “uninteresting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for uninteresting
Property	Value
Headword	uninteresting
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#34,334
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “uninteresting”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).uninterestinglands here:

#34,334

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “undress” (#34,333), “vandalized” (#34,336), “unchallenged” (#34,331). Among 1,433 “U” headwords, “uninteresting” is #34,334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around uninteresting, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,334 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for uninteresting, with forms such as "nuinteresting", "uinnteresting", and "uninetresting". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + interesting. The correct English form is uninteresting, spelled U-N-I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-I-N-G.

Definition

1
Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

To many, a railway ticket is but an uninteresting bit of pasteboard, which must be purchased before a journey is undertaken, and once obtained, may be stowed away in a convenient pocket and forgotten, until a watchful railway official requests its production.

Etymology

From un- + interesting.

Synonyms

noninteresting characterless soggy

Antonyms

interesting

This word in other languages

inintéressant(Français)uninteressant(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

nuinteresting
uinnteresting
uninetresting
uninnteresting
uninteersting
uninteresitng
uninteressting
uninterestign
uninterestingg
uninterestinng
uninterestnig
uninterestting
uninteretsing
uninterresting
uninterseting
unintreesting
unintteresting
unitneresting
unninteresting
unniteresting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uninteresting - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "uninteresting"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "uninteresting"?

"uninteresting" is spelled U-N-I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-I-N-G.

What does "uninteresting" mean?

As an adjective, "uninteresting" means: Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.

What are common misspellings of "uninteresting"?

Common misspellings include "nuinteresting", "uinnteresting", "uninetresting", "uninnteresting", "uninteersting". The correct spelling is "uninteresting".

What is the origin of the word "uninteresting"?

From un- + interesting. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "uninteresting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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