unlove
"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
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 | unlove |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unlove” in English
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
- 1The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unlove appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.