untainted
/ʌnˈteɪntɪd/
"untainted" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“untainted” is uncommon English (frequency #59,788 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,788
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not tainted; free of contamination; pure.
Corpus desk
Index EN-untainted · untainted · English
untainted · rank #59,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,788
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unreliability
Nearest frequency peer: unreliability (-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 “untainted”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unidirectio…
unidirectional
40,217 corpus weight
- unmade
unmade
40,216 corpus weight
- unreliabili…
unreliability
40,214 corpus weight
- untainted
untainted
40,213 corpus weight
- Usu
Usu
40,212 corpus weight
- usurping
usurping
40,211 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “untainted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | untainted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnˈteɪntɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “untainted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
untainted is uncommon English at frequency #59,788 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʌnˈteɪntɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not tainted; free of contamination; pure.".
No misspelling variants are generated for untainted in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + tainted. The correct English form is untainted, spelled U-N-T-A-I-N-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not tainted; free of contamination; pure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how untainted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The master of [the Bell public house] is brother to the great preacher Whitefield; but is absolutely untainted with the pernicious principles of Methodism, or of any other heretical sect.
Time was when Love and I were well acquainted. Time was when we walked ever hand in hand. A saintly youth, with worldly thought untainted, None better loved than I in all the land!
Etymology
From un- + tainted.
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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