unsalted
"unsalted" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unsalted” is uncommon English (frequency #52,074 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,074
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To which salt has not been added.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unsalted · unsalted · English
unsalted · rank #52,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,074
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unrivaled
Nearest frequency peer: unrivaled (-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 “unsalted”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unleaded
unleaded
47,930 corpus weight
- unpleasantn…
unpleasantness
47,929 corpus weight
- unrivaled
unrivaled
47,928 corpus weight
- unsalted
unsalted
47,927 corpus weight
- unsullied
unsullied
47,926 corpus weight
- unwed
unwed
47,925 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unsalted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unsalted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unsalted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unsalted is uncommon English at frequency #52,074 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for unsalted in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + salted. The correct English form is unsalted, spelled U-N-S-A-L-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1To which salt has not been added.
- 2Without a cryptographic salt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unsalted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The antipasto often features fettunta—thin slices of Tuscan bread toasted and salted (the bread itself is unsalted) and perhaps rubbed with garlic (you may prefer to rub it on for yourself, or not if you're due to discuss Uganda or have an interview with Silvio Berlusconi)
Etymology
From un- + salted.
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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