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unruffled

adjective

unruffled is spelled U-N-R-U-F-F-L-E-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unruffled means “Not ruffled or tousled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in unruffled?

Letters9: U-N-R-U-F-F-L-E-D
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st 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 unruffled?

Unruffled appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st 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 unruffled?

    Unruffled 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 unruffled

    • more unruffled comparative
    • most unruffled superlative

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

    What does unruffled mean?

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

    adjective

    1. 1

      Not ruffled or tousled.

      unruffled hair

    2. 2

      Calm, not ruffled, serene, at peace, unbothered.

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

    Unruffled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    LanguageWords
    Germanglatt, unzerzaust, nicht durcheinandergebracht (not ruffled or tousled), ruhig, unerschüttert (calm, untroubled)

    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 unruffled come from?

    From un- + ruffled.

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

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