untamed
/ʌnˈteɪmd/
"untamed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“untamed” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,628
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
Corpus desk
Index EN-untamed · untamed · English
untamed · rank #39,628 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,628
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unscientific
Nearest frequency peer: unscientific (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “untamed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- understudy
understudy
60,377 corpus weight
- unguarded
unguarded
60,376 corpus weight
- unionized
unionized
60,375 corpus weight
- unscientific
unscientific
60,374 corpus weight
- untamed
untamed
60,373 corpus weight
- UO
UO
60,372 corpus weight
What this shows “untamed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | untamed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʌnˈteɪmd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “untamed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around untamed (IPA /ʌnˈteɪmd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,628 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for untamed, with forms such as "nutamed", "unatmed", and "unntamed". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "untied", "untapped", "unarmed", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English untamed, untemed, equivalent to un- + tamed and/or untame + -ed. Compare Dutch ongetemd (“untamed”), German ungezähmt (“untamed”), Danish utæmmet (“untamed”), Swedish otämd (“untamed”), Icelandic ótamin (“untamed”). The correct English form is untamed, spelled U-N-T-A-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how untamed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The mustang is an untamed horse that roams where it wants, with little interest in humans.
Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground.
Etymology
From Middle English untamed, untemed, equivalent to un- + tamed and/or untame + -ed. Compare Dutch ongetemd (“untamed”), German ungezähmt (“untamed”), Danish utæmmet (“untamed”), Swedish otämd (“untamed”), Icelandic ótamin (“untamed”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nutamed
- unatmed
- unntamed
- untaemd
- untamde
- untamedd
- untammed
- untmaed
- unttamed
- utnamed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of untamed - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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