unmoving
"unmoving" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unmoving” is uncommon English (frequency #81,940 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,940
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not moving; still; static.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unmoving · unmoving · English
unmoving · rank #81,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,940
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unlikeable
Nearest frequency peer: unlikeable (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “unmoving”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unbleached
unbleached
18,064 corpus weight
- uneconomical
uneconomical
18,063 corpus weight
- unlikeable
unlikeable
18,062 corpus weight
- unmoving
unmoving
18,061 corpus weight
- unsociable
unsociable
18,060 corpus weight
- UNU
UNU
18,059 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unmoving” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unmoving |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unmoving” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unmoving is uncommon English at frequency #81,940 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
unmoving doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + moving. The correct English form is unmoving, spelled U-N-M-O-V-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Not moving; still; static.
- 2Not emotionally moving or rousing; failing to inspire the emotions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unmoving appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A tale of gangland warfare and filial loyalty in the Glasgow of 1958, Small Faces is an enjoyable but strangely unmoving film.
Etymology
From un- + moving.
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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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.