unquenchable
"unquenchable" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unquenchable” is uncommon English (frequency #66,376 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,376
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That cannot be quenched.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unquenchable · unquenchable · English
unquenchable · rank #66,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,376
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unlearned
Nearest frequency peer: unlearned (-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 “unquenchable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unga
unga
33,628 corpus weight
- unheated
unheated
33,627 corpus weight
- unlearned
unlearned
33,626 corpus weight
- unquenchable
unquenchable
33,625 corpus weight
- unshaven
unshaven
33,624 corpus weight
- upskirt
upskirt
33,623 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unquenchable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unquenchable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #66,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unquenchable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unquenchable is uncommon English at frequency #66,376 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That cannot be quenched.".
unquenchable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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- + quenchable. The correct English form is unquenchable, spelled U-N-Q-U-E-N-C-H-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1That cannot be quenched.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unquenchable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After a twelve-mile run in the hot sun, his thirst felt unquenchable.
Alas! thus ever does the weakness of our nature rebuke its strength, and genius is brought to the level—ay, below the level—of common humanity, by an unquenchable thirst for its applause.
Etymology
From un- + quenchable.
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 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).