unpleasantness
/ʌnˈplɛz.ənt.nəs/
"unpleasantness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unpleasantness” is uncommon English (frequency #52,072 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,072
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unpleasantness · unpleasantness · English
unpleasantness · rank #52,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,072
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unleaded
Nearest frequency peer: unleaded (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “unpleasantness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unexploded
unexploded
47,932 corpus weight
- unhurt
unhurt
47,931 corpus weight
- unleaded
unleaded
47,930 corpus weight
- unpleasantn…
unpleasantness
47,929 corpus weight
- unrivaled
unrivaled
47,928 corpus weight
- unsalted
unsalted
47,927 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unpleasantness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unpleasantness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʌnˈplɛz.ənt.nəs/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #52,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unpleasantness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unpleasantness is uncommon English at frequency #52,072 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʌnˈplɛz.ənt.nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for unpleasantness in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From unpleasant + -ness. The correct English form is unpleasantness, spelled U-N-P-L-E-A-S-A-N-T-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
- 2An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unpleasantness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Given the behaviour of the members, who do normally come to Lord’s, this seemed a bizarre attempt to offload the unpleasantness on hoi polloi taking advantage of some rare £25 tickets.
Perhaps you are not so much aware as I am, of the mischief that may, of the unpleasantnesses that must, arise from a young man’s being received in this manner—domesticated among us—authorized to come at all hours—and placed suddenly on a footing which must do away all restraints.
Etymology
From unpleasant + -ness.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).