unisonous
"unisonous" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unisonous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Being in unison; unisonant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unisonous · unisonous · English
unisonous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unisonous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unisonous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unisonous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Being in unison; unisonant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unisonous, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From unison + -ous. The correct English form is unisonous, spelled U-N-I-S-O-N-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Being in unison; unisonant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unisonous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hitherto all the singing in the American churches had been unisonous, the melody only having been sung; but in 1720 a book of tunes in threo parts, "Cantus," "Medius" and "Basus," was published by Rev. Thomas Walter.
Etymology
From unison + -ous.
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.