unsane
"unsane" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unsane” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not sane, as:
Corpus desk
Index EN-unsane · unsane · English
unsane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unsane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unsane” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unsane is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unsane, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + sane. The correct English form is unsane, spelled U-N-S-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Not sane, as:
- 2Not sane, as:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unsane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If only he didn’t feel so tired, so sick of everything, his father, this unsane country.
One of the hallmarks of maturity and personal adjustment, and an important difference between the highly sane person and the unsane person, is simply the conscious acceptance of responsibility for one's life.
Etymology
From un- + sane.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.