untested

adj

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"untested" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“untested” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,140
frequency rank, English
1,433
“U” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not previously tested.

Corpus desk

Index EN-untested · untested · English

untested · rank #35,140 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,140
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,433
  • PHOTO-FINISH unrecognized

Nearest frequency peer: unrecognized (-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 “untested”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “untested” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

untested vs untreated
78% similar
untested vs unlisted
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for untested
PropertyValue
Headworduntested
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,140
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “untested”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).untestedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “unrecognized” (#35,139), “upping” (#35,141), “unpunished” (#35,138). Among 1,433 “U” headwords, “untested” is #35,140. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around untested, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,140 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Not previously tested.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for untested, with forms such as "nutested", "unetsted", and "unntested". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "untreated", "unlisted", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + tested. The correct English form is untested, spelled U-N-T-E-S-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not previously tested.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how untested appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. If the promising but untested treatment would replace EET, the head-to-head comparison would be similar to the "placebo-controlled" trials I've already described, but with EET in place of the placebo.
  2. The assumption that these are identical in meaning and usage between Indian English and Anglo-American English, while tacitly accepted, is untested, and fundamentally unknown.

Etymology

From un- + tested.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nutested
  • unetsted
  • unntested
  • untesetd
  • untessted
  • untestde
  • untestedd
  • untestted
  • untetsed
  • untseted
  • unttested
  • utnested

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of untested - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

nutested2unetsted2unntested1untesetd2untessted1untestde2untestedd1untestted1
Edit distance from "untested"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "untested"?
"untested" is spelled U-N-T-E-S-T-E-D.
What does "untested" mean?
As an adjective, "untested" means: Not previously tested.
What words are commonly confused with "untested"?
"untested" is commonly confused with "untreated", "unlisted". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "untested"?
From un- + tested. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "untested", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

uncalled#35,131typeface#35,126waveform#35,157workbook#35,161

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

unnerving12 variantsvaudeville12 variantsthyself12 variantsAllentown12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list