unobeying
"unobeying" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unobeying” 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) - That does not obey; disobedient.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unobeying · unobeying · English
unobeying · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | unobeying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unobeying” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unobeying is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That does not obey; disobedient.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unobeying, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + obeying. The correct English form is unobeying, spelled U-N-O-B-E-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1That does not obey; disobedient.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unobeying appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Laplander beholds the far-off Sun Dart his slant beam on unobeying snows, […]
Etymology
From un- + obeying.
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.