unorthodoxy
"unorthodoxy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unorthodoxy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox
Corpus desk
Index EN-unorthodoxy · unorthodoxy · English
unorthodoxy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | unorthodoxy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unorthodoxy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unorthodoxy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox".
No generated misspelling entries exist for unorthodoxy in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + orthodoxy. The correct English form is unorthodoxy, spelled U-N-O-R-T-H-O-D-O-X-Y.
Definition
- 1Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unorthodoxy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Where Ms. Rosler’s works exert a fervent but predictable didacticism, Ms. Wilding’s environment conveys an infectious unorthodoxy, a relief from the hierarchical rule of modernist aesthetics over previous decades.
It was indeed Aubrey's principal hobby, and allowed him to air his unorthodoxies.
Etymology
From un- + orthodoxy.
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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.