unmelodious

adj

"unmelodious" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unmelodious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not melodious.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unmelodious · unmelodious · English

unmelodious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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 unmelodious
PropertyValue
Headwordunmelodious
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unmelodious” in English

unmelodiousranks 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

unmelodious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not melodious.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unmelodious, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + melodious. The correct English form is unmelodious, spelled U-N-M-E-L-O-D-I-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not melodious.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Prussian Trenck […] jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner.
  2. Here we have brought our three gifts and mingled them with yours: a gift of story and song—soft, stirring melody in an ill–harmonized and unmelodious land; the gift of sweat and brawn to beat back the wilderness, conquer the soil, and lay the foundations of this vast economic empire two hundred years earlier than your weak hands could have done it; the th…

Etymology

From un- + melodious.

Synonyms

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 "unmelodious"?
"unmelodious" is spelled U-N-M-E-L-O-D-I-O-U-S.
What does "unmelodious" mean?
As an adjective, "unmelodious" means: Not melodious.
What is the origin of the word "unmelodious"?
From un- + melodious. 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