unmerited
/ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtɪd/
"unmerited" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unmerited” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not merited.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unmerited · unmerited · English
unmerited · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unmerited |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unmerited” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unmerited is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not merited.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unmerited, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + merited. The correct English form is unmerited, spelled U-N-M-E-R-I-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not merited.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unmerited appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was tempted to leave him with his illusions. Something in her nature, however, caviled at this unmerited encomium.
Since then the bibliography on the central question it addressed—the relationship between nature and the absolutely unmerited destination of us to the face-to-face vision of God—has diminished considerably in volume.
Etymology
From un- + merited.
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.