until further notice

prep_phrase

"until-further-notice" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“until further notice” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indefinitely, until a further notification is given to the contrary.

Corpus desk

Index EN-until-further-notice · until further notice · English

until further notice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 20 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for until further notice
PropertyValue
Headworduntil further notice
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPrep_phrase
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “until further notice” in English

until further noticeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

until further notice is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indefinitely, until a further notification is given to the contrary.".

until further notice has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is until further notice, spelled U-N-T-I-L- -F-U-R-T-H-E-R- -N-O-T-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indefinitely, until a further notification is given to the contrary.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Merseyrail said the cuts would be "until further notice".

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "until further notice"?
"until further notice" is spelled U-N-T-I-L- -F-U-R-T-H-E-R- -N-O-T-I-C-E.
What does "until further notice" mean?
As a prep_phrase, "until further notice" means: Indefinitely, until a further notification is given to the contrary.
What language does "until further notice" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list