unsane

adj

"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

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Key facts for unsane
PropertyValue
Headwordunsane
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unsane” in English

unsanesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Not sane, as:
  2. 2
    Not sane, as:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how unsane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. If only he didn’t feel so tired, so sick of everything, his father, this unsane country.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unsane"?
"unsane" is spelled U-N-S-A-N-E.
What does "unsane" mean?
As an adjective, "unsane" means: Not sane, as:
What is the origin of the word "unsane"?
From un- + sane. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list