unobedient

adj

"unobedient" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disobedient.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unobedient · unobedient · English

unobedient · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for unobedient
PropertyValue
Headwordunobedient
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unobedient” in English

unobedientranks 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

unobedient is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disobedient.".

Zero misspellings are on record for unobedient in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English unobedient. Equivalent to un- + obedient. The correct English form is unobedient, spelled U-N-O-B-E-D-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disobedient.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. For although they were worthy of any puniſhment: yit had I leuer they might haue flooriſhed in welfare and ſafetie: which had come to paſſe, if they had not bin vtterlye vnobedient too all good counſel.
  2. Pepin, not unobedient to the Popes call, passing into Italy, frees him out of danger, […]

Etymology

From Middle English unobedient. Equivalent to un- + obedient.

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 "unobedient"?
"unobedient" is spelled U-N-O-B-E-D-I-E-N-T.
What does "unobedient" mean?
As an adjective, "unobedient" means: Disobedient.
What is the origin of the word "unobedient"?
From Middle English unobedient. Equivalent to un- + obedient. 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