unthrifty
"unthrifty" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unthrifty” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not thrifty: wasteful, extravagant; unproductive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unthrifty · unthrifty · English
unthrifty · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unthrifty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unthrifty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unthrifty is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not thrifty: wasteful, extravagant; unproductive.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for unthrifty in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English unthrifty. By surface analysis, un + thrifty. The correct English form is unthrifty, spelled U-N-T-H-R-I-F-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Not thrifty: wasteful, extravagant; unproductive.
Etymology
From Middle English unthrifty. By surface analysis, un + thrifty.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.