unmannered
/ʌnˈmænəɹd/
"unmannered" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unmannered” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having poor manners or social skills; ill-mannered; rude.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unmannered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnˈmænəɹd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unmannered” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for unmannered is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʌnˈmænəɹd/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Having poor manners or social skills; ill-mannered; rude.".
unmannered has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + mannered. The correct English form is unmannered, spelled U-N-M-A-N-N-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having poor manners or social skills; ill-mannered; rude.
Etymology
From un- + mannered.
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.
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Using “unmannered”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-M-A-N-N-E-R-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʌnˈmænəɹd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.