unlawfulness
"unlawfulness" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unlawfulness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being unlawful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unlawfulness · unlawfulness · English
unlawfulness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | unlawfulness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unlawfulness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unlawfulness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for unlawfulness in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + lawful + -ness. The correct English form is unlawfulness, spelled U-N-L-A-W-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being unlawful.
- 2An unlawful act.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unlawfulness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: criminality, feloniousness, illicitness
They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.
Etymology
From un- + lawful + -ness.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.