unroll

verb

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"unroll" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unroll” is an uncommon English word, ranked #70,364 in English word frequency and used as a verb.

#70,364
frequency rank, English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.

Key facts for unroll
PropertyValue
Headwordunroll
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,364
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “unroll” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). unroll lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for unroll is 6 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #70,364 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for unroll in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + roll. The correct English form is unroll, spelled U-N-R-O-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
  2. 2
    To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
  3. 3
    To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization.

Etymology

From un- + roll.

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 "unroll"?
"unroll" is spelled U-N-R-O-L-L.
What does "unroll" mean?
As a verb, "unroll" means: To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
What is the origin of the word "unroll"?
From un- + roll. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “unroll”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is U-N-R-O-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list