untamed
/ʌnˈteɪmd/adjective
untamed is spelled U-N-T-A-M-E-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, untamed means “Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in untamed?
| Letters | 7: U-N-T-A-M-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is untamed?
Untamed appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce untamed?
- /ʌnˈteɪmd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-untamed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of untamed
- more untamed comparative
- most untamed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does untamed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
The mustang is an untamed horse that roams where it wants, with little interest in humans.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Untamed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human c:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does untamed come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).