# untold

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ʌnˈtəʊld/ · frequency rank #19,239

## Definitions
1. Not told; not related; not revealed; secret.
2. Not numbered or counted.
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.

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

## Easily confused with
- **uphold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/untold-vs-uphold)
- **unto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-untold)
- **until** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/until-vs-untold)
- **unfold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unfold-vs-untold)
- **unload** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unload-vs-untold)
- **unholy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unholy-vs-untold)
- **unsold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsold-vs-untold)
- **untied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/untied-vs-untold)

## Common misspellings (9)
`nutold`, `unntold`, `unotld`, `untlod`, `untodl`, `untoldd`, `untolld`, `unttold`, `utnold`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/untold