unsupportive
"unsupportive" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unsupportive” is uncommon English (frequency #87,949 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,949
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not supportive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unsupportive · unsupportive · English
unsupportive · rank #87,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,949
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unsparing
Nearest frequency peer: unsparing (-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 “unsupportive”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unordered
unordered
12,055 corpus weight
- unsentiment…
unsentimental
12,054 corpus weight
- unsparing
unsparing
12,053 corpus weight
- unsupportive
unsupportive
12,052 corpus weight
- unzipping
unzipping
12,051 corpus weight
- urf
urf
12,049 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unsupportive” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unsupportive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #87,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unsupportive” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unsupportive is uncommon English at frequency #87,949 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not supportive.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unsupportive, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + supportive. The correct English form is unsupportive, spelled U-N-S-U-P-P-O-R-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Not supportive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unsupportive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When college campuses closed in March because of the pandemic, having to return home to an unsupportive space was not a safe option for some students.
Etymology
From un- + supportive.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).