untrusting

adj

"untrusting" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“untrusting” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Without trust; not inclined to trust.

Corpus desk

Index EN-untrusting · untrusting · English

untrusting · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for untrusting
PropertyValue
Headworduntrusting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “untrusting” sits in English frequency

untrustingranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

untrusting is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Without trust; not inclined to trust.".

Zero misspellings are on record for untrusting in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + trusting. The correct English form is untrusting, spelled U-N-T-R-U-S-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Without trust; not inclined to trust.

Etymology

From un- + trusting.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "untrusting"?
"untrusting" is spelled U-N-T-R-U-S-T-I-N-G.
What does "untrusting" mean?
As an adjective, "untrusting" means: Without trust; not inclined to trust.
What is the origin of the word "untrusting"?
From un- + trusting. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list