unscramble
"unscramble" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unscramble” is uncommon English (frequency #90,028 among 23,789 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,028
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To reverse the process of scrambling, decrypt.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unscramble · unscramble · English
unscramble · rank #90,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,028
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,789
- PHOTO-FINISH untying
Nearest frequency peer: untying (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “unscramble”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unnie
unnie
9,977 corpus weight
- unorganised
unorganised
9,976 corpus weight
- unprompted
unprompted
9,975 corpus weight
- unscramble
unscramble
9,973 corpus weight
- untying
untying
9,972 corpus weight
- upsilon
upsilon
9,971 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unscramble” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unscramble |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unscramble” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unscramble is uncommon English at frequency #90,028 among 23,789 “U” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
unscramble doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + scramble. The correct English form is unscramble, spelled U-N-S-C-R-A-M-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1To reverse the process of scrambling, decrypt.
- 2To put into order or restore to order.
Etymology
From un- + scramble.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unscramble", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.