unsuspected
"unsuspected" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unsuspected” is uncommon English (frequency #79,162 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,162
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not suspected; not having raised suspicion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unsuspected · unsuspected · English
unsuspected · rank #79,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,162
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unsourced
Nearest frequency peer: unsourced (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “unsuspected”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- UNFCCC
UNFCCC
20,843 corpus weight
- UNFPA
UNFPA
20,842 corpus weight
- unmanaged
unmanaged
20,841 corpus weight
- unsourced
unsourced
20,840 corpus weight
- unsuspected
unsuspected
20,839 corpus weight
- upfield
upfield
20,838 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unsuspected” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unsuspected |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unsuspected” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unsuspected is uncommon English at frequency #79,162 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not suspected; not having raised suspicion.".
Zero misspellings are on record for unsuspected in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + suspected. The correct English form is unsuspected, spelled U-N-S-U-S-P-E-C-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not suspected; not having raised suspicion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unsuspected appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The police uncovered his unsuspected drug dealing whilst investigating another matter.
At that time it was thought that the critical section, in which an irruption of water from the river was to be feared, lay under the Shoots, but this proved not to be the case. Indeed, relatively little trouble was experienced from the Severn. The very serious flooding, which twice submerged part of the works, came from an underground river, (now known as…
Etymology
From un- + suspected.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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