unrecognised
"unrecognised" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unrecognised” is uncommon English (frequency #65,599 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,599
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of unrecognized.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unrecognised · unrecognised · English
unrecognised · rank #65,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,599
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unplugging
Nearest frequency peer: unplugging (-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 “unrecognised”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- uninfected
uninfected
34,405 corpus weight
- unlined
unlined
34,404 corpus weight
- unplugging
unplugging
34,403 corpus weight
- unrecognised
unrecognised
34,402 corpus weight
- unsolvable
unsolvable
34,401 corpus weight
- unspoilt
unspoilt
34,400 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unrecognised” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unrecognised |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #65,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unrecognised” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unrecognised is uncommon English at frequency #65,599 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of unrecognized.".
unrecognised has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + recognised. The correct English form is unrecognised, spelled U-N-R-E-C-O-G-N-I-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of unrecognized.
Etymology
From un- + recognised.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).