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unrivaled

adjective

unrivaled is spelled U-N-R-I-V-A-L-E-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unrivaled means “Beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in unrivaled?

Letters9: U-N-R-I-V-A-L-E-D
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is unrivaled?

Unrivaled appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 unrivaled?

    Unrivaled has 3 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).

    Forms of unrivaled

    • unrivalled UK

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does unrivaled mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      USBeyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival.

      Helen’s unrivaled beauty is said to have launched a thousand ships.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Unrivaled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    In the sense beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival:

    LanguageWords
    Germankonkurrenzlos, unvergleichlich, unerreicht, unübertroffen
    Spanishinigualable

    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 unrivaled come from?

    From un- + rivaled.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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