unresolved

Name: unresolved, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“unresolved” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,728. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,728
frequency rank, English: 1,433
“U” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - For which no solution has been found.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unresolved · unresolved · English

unresolved · rank #19,728 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #19,728
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-MID 1,433
PHOTO-FINISH unequal

Nearest frequency peer: unequal (-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.

Turk

80,276
typo

80,275
unequal

80,274
unresolved

80,273
unspecified

80,272
veg

80,270

What this shows “unresolved” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

unresolved vs unsolved

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for unresolved
Property	Value
Headword	unresolved
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#19,728
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “unresolved”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).unresolvedlands here:

#19,728

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “unequal” (#19,727), “unspecified” (#19,729), “typo” (#19,726). Among 1,433 “U” headwords, “unresolved” is #19,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around unresolved, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,728 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for unresolved, with forms such as "nuresolved", "unersolved", and "unnresolved". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "unsolved", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + resolved. The correct English form is unresolved, spelled U-N-R-E-S-O-L-V-E-D.

Definition

1
For which no solution has been found.
2
Not yet processed or resolved.
3
Not determined; unfixed in one's purpose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how unresolved appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

If the Chairman has been convinced of all this why is the matter still unresolved?
Ultimately, Furst suggests that each generation is condemned to live out its parents’ unresolved stories, over and over, fuguelike.

Etymology

From un- + resolved.

This word in other languages

ungelöst(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

nuresolved
unersolved
unnresolved
unreoslved
unresloved
unresolevd
unresollved
unresolvde
unresolvedd
unresolvved
unresovled
unressolved
unrresolved
unrseolved
urnesolved

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unresolved - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "unresolved"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unresolved"?

"unresolved" is spelled U-N-R-E-S-O-L-V-E-D.

What does "unresolved" mean?

As an adjective, "unresolved" means: For which no solution has been found.

What words are commonly confused with "unresolved"?

"unresolved" is commonly confused with "unsolved". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "unresolved"?

From un- + resolved. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unresolved", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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