unsentimental
"unsentimental" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unsentimental” is uncommon English (frequency #87,947 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,947
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not sentimental.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unsentimental · unsentimental · English
unsentimental · rank #87,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,947
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unordered
Nearest frequency peer: unordered (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “unsentimental”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unflinching…
unflinchingly
12,057 corpus weight
- unordered
unordered
12,055 corpus weight
- unsentiment…
unsentimental
12,054 corpus weight
- unsparing
unsparing
12,053 corpus weight
- unsupportive
unsupportive
12,052 corpus weight
- unzipping
unzipping
12,051 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unsentimental” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unsentimental |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #87,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unsentimental” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unsentimental is uncommon English at frequency #87,947 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not sentimental.".
unsentimental doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + sentimental. The correct English form is unsentimental, spelled U-N-S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Not sentimental.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unsentimental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The traditional British signal is on its way out. Unsentimental officials will doubtless decree colour-lights from Kings Cross to Waverley, and from Paddington to Penzance, with upper quadrants on minor branches.
But my favorite line of the sequence, and possibly the entire episode, is Homer asking his deeply irritated elderly neighbor, “Trying to run out the clock in Florida, eh?” That’s such a brutally funny, boldly unsentimental and coldly true bit of dialogue.
Etymology
From un- + sentimental.
This word in other languages
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).