unswerving
"unswerving" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unswerving” is uncommon English (frequency #84,868 among 23,789 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,868
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not deviating; not yielding or straying or varying.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unswerving · unswerving · English
unswerving · rank #84,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,868
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,789
- PHOTO-FINISH unmixed
Nearest frequency peer: unmixed (-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 “unswerving”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- uncontamina…
uncontaminated
15,139 corpus weight
- uncorrelated
uncorrelated
15,138 corpus weight
- undermanned
undermanned
15,137 corpus weight
- unmixed
unmixed
15,134 corpus weight
- unswerving
unswerving
15,133 corpus weight
- upsell
upsell
15,132 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unswerving” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unswerving |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unswerving” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unswerving is uncommon English at frequency #84,868 among 23,789 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not deviating; not yielding or straying or varying.".
unswerving has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + swerving. The correct English form is unswerving, spelled U-N-S-W-E-R-V-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Not deviating; not yielding or straying or varying.
Etymology
From un- + swerving.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.