unravelling
"unravelling" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unravelling” is uncommon English (frequency #57,801 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,801
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of becoming unravelled.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unravelling · unravelling · English
unravelling · rank #57,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,801
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unmasking
Nearest frequency peer: unmasking (-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 “unravelling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- uncircumcis…
uncircumcised
42,204 corpus weight
- underemploy…
underemployed
42,203 corpus weight
- undertow
undertow
42,202 corpus weight
- unmasking
unmasking
42,201 corpus weight
- unravelling
unravelling
42,200 corpus weight
- unshakable
unshakable
42,199 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unravelling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unravelling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #57,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unravelling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unravelling is uncommon English at frequency #57,801 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of becoming unravelled.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for unravelling in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is unravelling, spelled U-N-R-A-V-E-L-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of becoming unravelled.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unravelling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the unravelling of cellular mechanisms
the unravelling of the global financial system
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).