unsuitability

noun

"unsuitability" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unsuitability” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being unsuitable.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unsuitability · unsuitability · English

unsuitability · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for unsuitability
PropertyValue
Headwordunsuitability
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unsuitability” in English

unsuitabilityfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unsuitability is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being unsuitable.".

Zero misspellings are on record for unsuitability in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From unsuitable + -ity. The correct English form is unsuitability, spelled U-N-S-U-I-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being unsuitable.

Etymology

From unsuitable + -ity.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unsuitability"?
"unsuitability" is spelled U-N-S-U-I-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
What does "unsuitability" mean?
As a noun, "unsuitability" means: The quality of being unsuitable.
What is the origin of the word "unsuitability"?
From unsuitable + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list