unlove

noun

"unlove" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unlove · unlove · English

unlove · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for unlove
PropertyValue
Headwordunlove
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unlove” in English

unlovesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

unlove is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unlove, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- (“not; lack of”) + love (noun). The correct English form is unlove, spelled U-N-L-O-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Disgust, nausea, loathing—some aspects of yourself and others surely deserve such abhorrent gut responses. But disgust doesn't create suffering— recoil does. Separation is the act of unlove.
  2. How do you experience this sense of unlove in your body? Notice the specific quality of the bodily […] Then see if you can let the feeling of unlove be there just as it is, without trying to fix it, change it, or judge it.

Etymology

From un- (“not; lack of”) + love (noun).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unlove"?
"unlove" is spelled U-N-L-O-V-E.
What does "unlove" mean?
As a noun, "unlove" means: The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.
What is the origin of the word "unlove"?
From un- (“not; lack of”) + love (noun). 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