unsweetened
"unsweetened" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unsweetened” is uncommon English (frequency #51,478 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,478
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not sweetened.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unsweetened · unsweetened · English
unsweetened · rank #51,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,478
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unmotivated
Nearest frequency peer: unmotivated (-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 “unsweetened”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unfocused
unfocused
48,527 corpus weight
- unimpeded
unimpeded
48,526 corpus weight
- unmotivated
unmotivated
48,524 corpus weight
- unsweetened
unsweetened
48,523 corpus weight
- Urals
Urals
48,522 corpus weight
- vai
vai
48,520 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unsweetened” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unsweetened |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unsweetened” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unsweetened is uncommon English at frequency #51,478 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not sweetened.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unsweetened, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + sweetened. The correct English form is unsweetened, spelled U-N-S-W-E-E-T-E-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not sweetened.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unsweetened appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“People need to consider other ways to reduce free sugars intake, such as consuming food with naturally occurring sugars, like fruit, or unsweetened food and beverages,” said Francesco Branca, the W.H.O. director for nutrition and food safety.
Etymology
From un- + sweetened.
This word in other languages
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).