unraveled
adjective, verb
unraveled is spelled U-N-R-A-V-E-L-E-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unraveled means “Disentangled or cleared up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unraveled?
| Letters | 9: U-N-R-A-V-E-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unraveled?
Unraveled appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unraveled?
Unraveled has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of unraveled
- more unraveled comparative
- most unraveled superlative
- unravelled UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unraveled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Disentangled or cleared up.
verb
- 1
USsimple past and past participle of unravel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does unraveled come from?
From unravel + -ed. Cognate with Dutch ontrafeld (“unravelled”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).