untouchability
"untouchability" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“untouchability” is uncommon English (frequency #97,669 among 23,789 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,669
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or condition of being untouchable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-untouchability · untouchability · English
untouchability · rank #97,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,669
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,789
- PHOTO-FINISH unscrewing
Nearest frequency peer: unscrewing (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “untouchability”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- UNIVAC
UNIVAC
2,335 corpus weight
- unredacted
unredacted
2,334 corpus weight
- unscrewing
unscrewing
2,333 corpus weight
- untouchabil…
untouchability
2,332 corpus weight
- unworn
unworn
2,331 corpus weight
- updater
updater
2,329 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “untouchability” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | untouchability |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #97,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “untouchability” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
untouchability is uncommon English at frequency #97,669 among 23,789 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or condition of being untouchable.".
Zero misspellings are on record for untouchability in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From untouchable + -ity. The correct English form is untouchability, spelled U-N-T-O-U-C-H-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state or condition of being untouchable.
Etymology
From untouchable + -ity.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "untouchability", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.