unremitting
/ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ/adjective
unremitting is spelled U-N-R-E-M-I-T-T-I-N-G: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unremitting means “Incessant; never slackening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unremitting?
| Letters | 11: U-N-R-E-M-I-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 72,332nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is unremitting?
Unremitting appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd 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 unremitting?
- UK /ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ/
- US /ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ/
Unremitting 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-unremitting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with unremitting?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as unremitting from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of unremitting
- more unremitting comparative
- most unremitting superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unremitting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Incessant; never slackening.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unremitting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense incessant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inlassable |
| German | unablässig |
| Portuguese | contínuo, incessante, persistente, irremitente |
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.
Where does unremitting come from?
un- + remitting, from remit (in now rare sense of “diminish, abate”), from Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter. Not from nonexistent unremit. First attested in 1728.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).