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untouchable

/ʌnˈtʌtʃəbəl/adjective, noun

untouchable is spelled U-N-T-O-U-C-H-A-B-L-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, untouchable means “Not able to be touched” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in untouchable?

Letters11: U-N-T-O-U-C-H-A-B-L-E
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is untouchable?

Untouchable appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce untouchable?

  • /ʌnˈtʌtʃəbəl/

Untouchable has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-untouchable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of untouchable

  • more untouchable comparative
  • most untouchable superlative
  • untouchables plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does untouchable mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Not able to be touched.

  2. 2

    Not able to be defeated or bested.

    The Minnesota Vikings have been untouchable this year as they've won their sixth consecutive game.

noun

  1. 1

    A criminal who is so well-connected that they cannot be harmed.

  2. 2

    Synonym of outcast: a person excluded from society.

  3. 3

    IndiaA member of the lowest and most discriminated caste in traditional Indian society.

  4. 4

    A law enforcement agent immune to intimidation, bribery, or seduction.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Untouchable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchintouchable (not able to be touched), paria (member of the lowest caste)
Germanunantastbar (not able to be touched), Unberührbarer m Paria (member of the lowest caste)
Portugueseintocável (not able to be touched), pária, pariá (member of the lowest caste)
Spanishintocable (not able to be touched), paria (member of the lowest caste)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does untouchable come from?

From un- + touchable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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