unseemly
"unseemly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unseemly” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,449
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unseemly · unseemly · English
unseemly · rank #43,449 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,449
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH underpin
Nearest frequency peer: underpin (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “unseemly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- undercurrent
undercurrent
56,555 corpus weight
- undergrowth
undergrowth
56,554 corpus weight
- underpin
underpin
56,553 corpus weight
- unseemly
unseemly
56,552 corpus weight
- unsympathet…
unsympathetic
56,551 corpus weight
- unyielding
unyielding
56,550 corpus weight
What this shows “unseemly” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unseemly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “unseemly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around unseemly, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,449 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for unseemly, with forms such as "nuseemly", "unesemly", and "unnseemly". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English unsemli, probably a partial calque of Old Norse úsǽmiligr (“unseemly”); equivalent to un- + seemly. Cognate with Icelandic ósæmileg (“offensive”), Norwegian usømmelig (“unseemly”), Danish usømmelig (“unseemly”), German unziemlich. The correct English form is unseemly, spelled U-N-S-E-E-M-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unseemly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.
Yet this I can say, I was very wary of giving them occasion, by any unseemly action, to make them averse to going on pilgrimage.
Etymology
From Middle English unsemli, probably a partial calque of Old Norse úsǽmiligr (“unseemly”); equivalent to un- + seemly. Cognate with Icelandic ósæmileg (“offensive”), Norwegian usømmelig (“unseemly”), Danish usømmelig (“unseemly”), German unziemlich.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuseemly
- unesemly
- unnseemly
- unseelmy
- unseemlly
- unseemlyy
- unseemmly
- unseemyl
- unsemely
- unsemly
- unsseemly
- usneemly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unseemly - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unseemly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).