unmatched
adjective, verb
unmatched is spelled U-N-M-A-T-C-H-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unmatched means “Not matched; odd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unmatched?
| Letters | 9: U-N-M-A-T-C-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unmatched?
Unmatched appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unmatched?
Unmatched has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-unmatched.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unmatched
- more unmatched comparative
- most unmatched superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unmatched mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not matched; odd.
unmatched socks
- 2
Not matched with anything else.
- 3
Peerless; unrivalled; beyond comparison.
unmatched musician
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of unmatch
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unmatched in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unrivalled:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | inigualable, sin par, sin igual, señero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.