unmusical
"unmusical" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unmusical” 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 musical: lacking in musical ability.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unmusical · unmusical · English
unmusical · 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 | unmusical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unmusical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unmusical is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for unmusical in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + musical. The correct English form is unmusical, spelled U-N-M-U-S-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Not musical: lacking in musical ability.
- 2Not musical: unmelodic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unmusical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The harp itself was a huge gourd, and a most unmusical "shell" it proved to be.
Etymology
From un- + musical.
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.