untold

/ʌnˈtəʊld/

//ʌnˈtəʊld// adj

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"untold" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“untold” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,239. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,239
frequency rank, English
1,433
“U” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not told; not related; not revealed; secret.

Corpus desk

Index EN-untold · untold · English

untold · rank #19,239 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,239
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,433
  • PHOTO-FINISH undermining

Nearest frequency peer: undermining (-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 “untold”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “untold” 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).

untold vs uphold
67% similar
untold vs unto
67% similar
untold vs until
67% similar

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

Key facts for untold
PropertyValue
Headworduntold
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ʌnˈtəʊld/
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,239
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “untold”

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “undermining” (#19,238), “uplifting” (#19,240), “Turnbull” (#19,236). Among 1,433 “U” headwords, “untold” is #19,239. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around untold (IPA /ʌnˈtəʊld/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,239 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for untold, with forms such as "nutold", "unntold", and "unotld". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "uphold", "unto", "until", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English unteald (“not counted or reckoned”), from tellan (“count, relate, tell”). The correct English form is untold, spelled U-N-T-O-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not told; not related; not revealed; secret.
  2. 2
    Not numbered or counted.
  3. 3
    Not able to be counted, measured, told, expressed in words, or described; extremely large in scale, number, quantity, suffering, damage, etc.; uncountable, unmeasurable, immeasurable, indescribable, inexpressible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. As Royal Engineers General Mungo Melvin, who has been helping with the draft, put it: "This is the last untold story of the Normandy Invasion."
  2. Huge swaths of Port-au-Prince lay in ruins, and thousands of people were feared dead in the rubble.

Etymology

From Old English unteald (“not counted or reckoned”), from tellan (“count, relate, tell”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nutold
  • unntold
  • unotld
  • untlod
  • untodl
  • untoldd
  • untolld
  • unttold
  • utnold

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of untold - 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.

nutold2unntold1unotld2untlod2untodl2untoldd1untolld1unttold1
Edit distance from "untold"

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 "untold"?
"untold" is spelled U-N-T-O-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ʌnˈtəʊld/.
What does "untold" mean?
As an adjective, "untold" means: Not told; not related; not revealed; secret.
What words are commonly confused with "untold"?
"untold" is commonly confused with "uphold", "unto", "until". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "untold"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "untold" is /ʌnˈtəʊld/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "untold"?
From Old English unteald (“not counted or reckoned”), from tellan (“count, relate, tell”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list