# unseen

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ʌnˈsiːn/ · frequency rank #12,884

## Definitions
1. Not seen or discovered; invisible.
2. Unskilled; inexperienced.
3. Not hitherto noticed; unobserved.

## Etymology
From Middle English unsen, unseyn, unseien, from Old English unġesewen, from Proto-Germanic *unsewanaz, equivalent to un- + seen. Cognate with Dutch ongezien (“unseen”), German Low German unsehn (“unseen”), German ungesehen (“unseen”).

## Easily confused with
- **unsee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsee-vs-unseen)
- **uneven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uneven-vs-unseen)
- **unseat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unseat-vs-unseen)

## Common misspellings (8)
`nuseen`, `unesen`, `unnseen`, `unseenn`, `unsen`, `unsene`, `unsseen`, `usneen`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/unseen