unlovable
"unlovable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unlovable” is uncommon English (frequency #77,308 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,308
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not lovable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unlovable · unlovable · English
unlovable · rank #77,308 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,308
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unquote
Nearest frequency peer: unquote (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “unlovable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Umpqua
Umpqua
22,697 corpus weight
- unexciting
unexciting
22,695 corpus weight
- unlovable
unlovable
22,693 corpus weight
- unquote
unquote
22,692 corpus weight
- untalented
untalented
22,691 corpus weight
- unwelcoming
unwelcoming
22,689 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unlovable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unlovable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unlovable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unlovable is uncommon English at frequency #77,308 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not lovable.".
No misspelling variants are generated for unlovable in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + lovable. The correct English form is unlovable, spelled U-N-L-O-V-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not lovable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unlovable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After you get finished betraying all your friends, how long do you think it will be before you're all alone? You will age and die all alone. You are attractive but unloving and unlovable. You're the worst louse I have met in a long time. I hope you get what you deserve.
Etymology
From un- + lovable.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).