# unspeakable

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #24,944

## Definitions
1. Incapable of being spoken or uttered.
2. Impossible to speak about.
3. Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
4. Extremely bad or objectionable.
5. That cannot be referenced in source code, due to having no usable name.

## Etymology
From Middle English unspekable, equivalent to un- + speakable.

## Easily confused with
- **unbreakable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unbreakable-vs-unspeakable)

## Common misspellings (17)
`nuspeakable`, `unnspeakable`, `unpseakable`, `unsepakable`, `unspaekable`, `unspeaakble`, `unspeakabble`, `unspeakabel`, `unspeakablle`, `unspeakalbe`, `unspeakbale`, `unspeakible`, `unspeakkable`, `unspekaable`, `unsppeakable`, `unsspeakable`, `usnpeakable`

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