unmistakable
"unmistakable" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unmistakable” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,293
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unmistakable · unmistakable · English
unmistakable · rank #26,293 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,293
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH undoing
Nearest frequency peer: undoing (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “unmistakable”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tweaked
tweaked
73,712 corpus weight
- uncompromis…
uncompromising
73,710 corpus weight
- undoing
undoing
73,709 corpus weight
- unmistakable
unmistakable
73,708 corpus weight
- unruly
unruly
73,707 corpus weight
- vaulted
vaulted
73,704 corpus weight
What this shows “unmistakable” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unmistakable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #26,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “unmistakable”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around unmistakable, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,293 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for unmistakable, with forms such as "numistakable", "umnistakable", and "unimstakable". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "unmistakably", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + mistake + -able. The correct English form is unmistakable, spelled U-N-M-I-S-T-A-K-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unmistakable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff…
Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled anything we have seen on the frostiest of nights in an electrifie…
Etymology
From un- + mistake + -able.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- numistakable
- umnistakable
- unimstakable
- unmisatkable
- unmisstakable
- unmistaakble
- unmistakabble
- unmistakabel
- unmistakablle
- unmistakalbe
- unmistakbale
- unmistakible
- unmistakkable
- unmistkaable
- unmisttakable
- unmitsakable
- unmmistakable
- unmsitakable
- unnmistakable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unmistakable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unmistakable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).