unsettled
"unsettled" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unsettled” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,969
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disturbed, upset.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unsettled · unsettled · English
unsettled · rank #21,969 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,969
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unbroken
Nearest frequency peer: unbroken (-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 “unsettled”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Tomlinson
Tomlinson
78,036 corpus weight
- Toulouse
Toulouse
78,035 corpus weight
- unbroken
unbroken
78,033 corpus weight
- unsettled
unsettled
78,032 corpus weight
- unveiling
unveiling
78,031 corpus weight
- versed
versed
78,029 corpus weight
What this shows “unsettled” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unsettled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “unsettled”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around unsettled, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,969 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for unsettled, with forms such as "nusettled", "unesttled", and "unnsettled". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is unsettled, spelled U-N-S-E-T-T-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Disturbed, upset.
- 2Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.
- 3Not populated, having no settlers or other inhabitants.
- 4Unpaid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unsettled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.
Universal Directory of Railway Officials and Railway Year Book, 1946-47. […] Although the preparation of the fifty-second edition of this well-known work proved a far from easy task, owing to the continuance of unsettled conditions in many parts of the world, the response to the endeavours of the publishers to obtain accurate and complete information has…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nusettled
- unesttled
- unnsettled
- unsetled
- unsetlted
- unsetteld
- unsettlde
- unsettledd
- unsettlled
- unssettled
- unstetled
- usnettled
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unsettled - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "unsettled", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).