unpopular
"unpopular" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unpopular” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,961. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,961
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking popularity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unpopular · unpopular · English
unpopular · rank #10,961 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,961
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unlawful
Nearest frequency peer: unlawful (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “unpopular”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- unfinished
unfinished
89,043 corpus weight
- unhealthy
unhealthy
89,042 corpus weight
- unlawful
unlawful
89,041 corpus weight
- unpopular
unpopular
89,040 corpus weight
- UT
UT
89,039 corpus weight
- Vanessa
Vanessa
89,038 corpus weight
What this shows “unpopular” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unpopular |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “unpopular”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around unpopular, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,961 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for unpopular, with forms such as "nupopular", "unnpopular", and "unoppular". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + popular. The correct English form is unpopular, spelled U-N-P-O-P-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Lacking popularity.
- 2Not liked or popular; disliked or ignored by the public.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unpopular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an unpopular opinion
And as congressional Republicans were passing a very unpopular Trump agenda bill last month, Vice President JD Vance argued that its historic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and new immigration enforcement provisions were so important that “everything else” was “immaterial.”
Etymology
From un- + popular.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nupopular
- unnpopular
- unoppular
- unpopluar
- unpoppular
- unpopualr
- unpopularr
- unpopullar
- unpopulra
- unpouplar
- unppopular
- unppoular
- upnopular
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unpopular - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unpopular", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).