unstuck
/ʌnˈstʌk/
"unstuck" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unstuck” is uncommon English (frequency #53,322 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,322
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of unstick
Corpus desk
Index EN-unstuck · unstuck · English
unstuck · rank #53,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,322
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH UNRWA
Nearest frequency peer: UNRWA (-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 “unstuck”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- UCSD
UCSD
46,683 corpus weight
- uncoordinat…
uncoordinated
46,682 corpus weight
- UNRWA
UNRWA
46,680 corpus weight
- unstuck
unstuck
46,679 corpus weight
- unsuited
unsuited
46,678 corpus weight
- vapid
vapid
46,677 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unstuck” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unstuck |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ʌnˈstʌk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unstuck” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unstuck is uncommon English at frequency #53,322 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ʌnˈstʌk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of unstick".
Zero misspellings are on record for unstuck in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + stuck. The correct English form is unstuck, spelled U-N-S-T-U-C-K.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of unstick
Etymology
From un- + stuck.
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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