unquestioning
"unquestioning" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unquestioning” is uncommon English (frequency #67,928 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,928
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Believing without question; having absolute loyalty.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unquestioning · unquestioning · English
unquestioning · rank #67,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,928
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unleavened
Nearest frequency peer: unleavened (-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 “unquestioning”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unequally
unequally
32,076 corpus weight
- unleavened
unleavened
32,074 corpus weight
- unquestioni…
unquestioning
32,073 corpus weight
- unripe
unripe
32,072 corpus weight
- unseasonably
unseasonably
32,071 corpus weight
- unstated
unstated
32,070 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unquestioning” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unquestioning |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #67,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unquestioning” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unquestioning is uncommon English at frequency #67,928 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unquestioning, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + questioning. The correct English form is unquestioning, spelled U-N-Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Believing without question; having absolute loyalty.
- 2Naive, blind, uncritical.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unquestioning appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
unquestioning faith
Etymology
From un- + questioning.
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 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).