unripe
"unripe" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unripe” is uncommon English (frequency #67,929 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,929
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not ripe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unripe · unripe · English
unripe · rank #67,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,929
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unquestioning
Nearest frequency peer: unquestioning (-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 “unripe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unleavened
unleavened
32,074 corpus weight
- unquestioni…
unquestioning
32,073 corpus weight
- unripe
unripe
32,072 corpus weight
- unseasonably
unseasonably
32,071 corpus weight
- unstated
unstated
32,070 corpus weight
- unwinnable
unwinnable
32,069 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unripe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unripe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unripe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unripe is uncommon English at frequency #67,929 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
unripe has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English unrīpe. Equivalent to un- + ripe. The correct English form is unripe, spelled U-N-R-I-P-E.
Definition
- 1Not ripe.
- 2Developing too early; premature.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unripe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
unripe fruit
Etymology
From Old English unrīpe. Equivalent to un- + ripe.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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