unpeopled

adj

"unpeopled" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unpeopled” 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 inhabited by people.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unpeopled · unpeopled · English

unpeopled · 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

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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.

Key facts for unpeopled
PropertyValue
Headwordunpeopled
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unpeopled” in English

unpeopledsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unpeopled is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not inhabited by people.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for unpeopled in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + peopled. The correct English form is unpeopled, spelled U-N-P-E-O-P-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not inhabited by people.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Still, one mansion, which the time ought to have unpeopled, was evidently inhabited; and in one of its rooms—small, but luxurious enough for a sultana in the Arabian Nights, or a young gentleman of the present day—were seated two persons in earnest conversation.
  2. I look out at the sunrise--that fateful sunrise which will shine upon an unpeopled world.

Etymology

From un- + peopled.

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 "unpeopled"?
"unpeopled" is spelled U-N-P-E-O-P-L-E-D.
What does "unpeopled" mean?
As an adjective, "unpeopled" means: Not inhabited by people.
What is the origin of the word "unpeopled"?
From un- + peopled. 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