untranslated

adj

"untranslated" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“untranslated” is uncommon English (frequency #72,009 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,009
frequency rank, English
1,433
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not translated; still in the original language.

Corpus desk

Index EN-untranslated · untranslated · English

untranslated · rank #72,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,009
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,433
  • PHOTO-FINISH unsinkable

Nearest frequency peer: unsinkable (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “untranslated”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “untranslated” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for untranslated
PropertyValue
Headworduntranslated
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#72,009
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “untranslated” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).untranslatedfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “unsinkable” (#72,008), “unseeded” (#72,007), “Valerius” (#72,011). Among 1,433 “U” headwords, “untranslated” is #72,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

untranslated is uncommon English at frequency #72,009 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for untranslated, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + translated. The correct English form is untranslated, spelled U-N-T-R-A-N-S-L-A-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not translated; still in the original language.
  2. 2
    Not converted from a processed mRNA sequence into a protein.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The forms can be bizarrely funny when blown up to fill a canvas, as in "Supergastrico Compensado" (the artist prefers that his often punning titles remain untranslated), whose eroticized digestive systems have an appealing decorative flair.
  2. They talked through complicated idioms, untranslated figures of speech and, most difficult, the difference between pronouns, a nonissue in English: When should characters who are close but still colleagues address each another as the informal “tu” or the formal “vous”?

Etymology

From un- + translated.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "untranslated"?
"untranslated" is spelled U-N-T-R-A-N-S-L-A-T-E-D.
What does "untranslated" mean?
As an adjective, "untranslated" means: Not translated; still in the original language.
What is the origin of the word "untranslated"?
From un- + translated. 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 "untranslated", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list