unopposed
"unopposed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unopposed” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,738. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,738
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - With no or little opposition
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unopposed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unopposed” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around unopposed, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,738 among 23,789 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for unopposed, with forms such as "nuopposed", "unnopposed", and "unopopsed". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + opposed. The correct English form is unopposed, spelled U-N-O-P-P-O-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1With no or little opposition
- 2Without an opponent.
Etymology
From un- + opposed.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuopposed
- unnopposed
- unopopsed
- unoposed
- unoppoesd
- unopposde
- unopposedd
- unoppossed
- unoppsoed
- unpoposed
- uonpposed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unopposed - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “unopposed”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-O-P-P-O-S-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.