unquenchable

adj

"unquenchable" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unquenchable” is an uncommon English word, ranked #66,376 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.

#66,376
frequency rank, English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - That cannot be quenched.

Key facts for unquenchable
PropertyValue
Headwordunquenchable
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#66,376
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “unquenchable” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). unquenchable lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for unquenchable is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #66,376 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

  1. 1
    That cannot be quenched.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unquenchable"?
"unquenchable" is spelled U-N-Q-U-E-N-C-H-A-B-L-E.
What does "unquenchable" mean?
As an adjective, "unquenchable" means: That cannot be quenched.
What is the origin of the word "unquenchable"?
From un- + quenchable. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “unquenchable”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is U-N-Q-U-E-N-C-H-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list