unluckily
/ʌnˈlʌkɪli/
"unluckily" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unluckily” is uncommon English (frequency #80,086 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,086
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Without luck; unfortunately.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unluckily · unluckily · English
unluckily · rank #80,086 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,086
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unipolar
Nearest frequency peer: unipolar (-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 “unluckily”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- uncoupled
uncoupled
19,919 corpus weight
- unfrozen
unfrozen
19,918 corpus weight
- unhurried
unhurried
19,917 corpus weight
- unipolar
unipolar
19,916 corpus weight
- unluckily
unluckily
19,915 corpus weight
- uttermost
uttermost
19,912 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unluckily” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unluckily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ʌnˈlʌkɪli/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unluckily” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unluckily is uncommon English at frequency #80,086 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ʌnˈlʌkɪli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Without luck; unfortunately.".
Zero misspellings are on record for unluckily in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From unlucky + -ly or un- + luckily. The correct English form is unluckily, spelled U-N-L-U-C-K-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Without luck; unfortunately.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unluckily appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They say that Ngoc hoang sent a messenger from heaven to men to say that when they reached old age they should change their skins and live for ever, but that when serpents grew old they must die. The messenger came down to earth and said, rightly enough, "When man is old he shall cast his skin; but when serpents are old they shall die and be laid in coffi…
[…] where Hercules and Omphale having changed garments, he lying in his wives clothes, and ſhe in his Lions skin, made the luſtfull God mistake ſo unluckily, […]
Etymology
From unlucky + -ly or un- + luckily.
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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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