unmark

verb

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

The verdict

“unmark” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - To remove marks from.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unmark · unmark · English

unmark · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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 unmark
PropertyValue
Headwordunmark
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unmark” in English

unmarkranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

unmark is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To remove marks from.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unmark, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + mark. The correct English form is unmark, spelled U-N-M-A-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    To remove marks from.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. to unmark text

Etymology

From un- + mark.

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 "unmark"?
"unmark" is spelled U-N-M-A-R-K.
What does "unmark" mean?
As a verb, "unmark" means: To remove marks from.
What is the origin of the word "unmark"?
From un- + mark. 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