unsuitable
un·suit·a·ble/ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/adjective
unsuitable is spelled U-N-S-U-I-T-A-B-L-E: 10 letters and 4 syllables (un·suit·a·ble). It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unsuitable means “Not suitable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unsuitable?
| Letters | 10: U-N-S-U-I-T-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: un·suit·a·ble |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unsuitable?
Unsuitable appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unsuitable?
- /ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/
- /ʌnˈsjuːtəbəl/
Unsuitable has 4 syllables, split un·suit·a·ble in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-unsuitable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unsuitable
- more unsuitable comparative
- most unsuitable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unsuitable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not suitable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unsuitable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not suitable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | untauglich |
| Spanish | inconvenible, desconvenible |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unsuitable come from?
From un- + suitable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).