unrealistic
adjective
unrealistic is spelled U-N-R-E-A-L-I-S-T-I-C: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unrealistic means “Not realistic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unrealistic?
| Letters | 11: U-N-R-E-A-L-I-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th 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 unrealistic?
Unrealistic appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 unrealistic?
Unrealistic has 4 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-unrealistic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unrealistic
- more unrealistic comparative
- most unrealistic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unrealistic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not realistic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unrealistic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not realistic:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | irréaliste |
| German | unrealistisch |
| Portuguese | irrealista |
| Spanish | irreal, irrealizable, irrealista, irrealístico, no realístico, poco realístico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.