unrighteous
"unrighteous" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unrighteous” is uncommon English (frequency #75,528 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,528
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not righteous; wicked.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unrighteous · unrighteous · English
unrighteous · rank #75,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,528
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unscented
Nearest frequency peer: unscented (+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 “unrighteous”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unhook
unhook
24,477 corpus weight
- unjustifiab…
unjustifiably
24,476 corpus weight
- unrighteous
unrighteous
24,473 corpus weight
- unscented
unscented
24,472 corpus weight
- uptrend
uptrend
24,470 corpus weight
- urinalysis
urinalysis
24,469 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unrighteous” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unrighteous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #75,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unrighteous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unrighteous is uncommon English at frequency #75,528 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not righteous; wicked.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unrighteous, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English unrightwis, from Old English unrihtwīs; equivalent to un- + righteous. The correct English form is unrighteous, spelled U-N-R-I-G-H-T-E-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Not righteous; wicked.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unrighteous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is well for our weak and wicked race that our unrighteous wishes lack the temptation of power.
Etymology
From Middle English unrightwis, from Old English unrihtwīs; equivalent to un- + righteous.
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).