unmanly
/ʌnˈmænli/
"unmanly" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unmanly” is uncommon English (frequency #85,895 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,895
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unmanly · unmanly · English
unmanly · rank #85,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,895
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unlearning
Nearest frequency peer: unlearning (-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 “unmanly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unissued
unissued
14,110 corpus weight
- unlearning
unlearning
14,107 corpus weight
- unmanly
unmanly
14,106 corpus weight
- unquiet
unquiet
14,105 corpus weight
- unspecific
unspecific
14,104 corpus weight
- untiring
untiring
14,103 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unmanly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unmanly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnˈmænli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unmanly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unmanly is uncommon English at frequency #85,895 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʌnˈmænli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
unmanly doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + manly. The correct English form is unmanly, spelled U-N-M-A-N-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.
- 2Of or pertaining to something not human.
- 3Not acceptable from a man.
- 4Not becoming of a man.
- 5Cowardly, base.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unmanly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'I do not know which is the worse,' he cried, 'the fraudulent old villain or the unmanly young cub. […]
He'd be wearing white pants and playing lawn tennis presently if he continued to grow much softer and more unmanly.
Etymology
From un- + manly.
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); 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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