untrustworthy
/ˌʌnˈtɹʌstˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/
"untrustworthy" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“untrustworthy” has 22 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,004. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,004
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Not deserving of trust; unreliable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-untrustworthy · untrustworthy · English
untrustworthy · rank #36,004 · 22 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,004
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 22 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,789
- PHOTO-FINISH unremarkable
Nearest frequency peer: unremarkable (-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 “untrustworthy”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- undetectable
undetectable
64,001 corpus weight
- unprovoked
unprovoked
63,999 corpus weight
- unremarkable
unremarkable
63,998 corpus weight
- untrustwort…
untrustworthy
63,997 corpus weight
- Unwin
Unwin
63,996 corpus weight
- Vilnius
Vilnius
63,994 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “untrustworthy” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | untrustworthy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌʌnˈtɹʌstˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #36,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “untrustworthy” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around untrustworthy (IPA /ˌʌnˈtɹʌstˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,004 among 23,789 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Not deserving of trust; unreliable.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for untrustworthy, with forms such as "nutrustworthy", "unntrustworthy", and "unrtustworthy". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + trustworthy. The correct English form is untrustworthy, spelled U-N-T-R-U-S-T-W-O-R-T-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Not deserving of trust; unreliable.
Etymology
From un- + trustworthy.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nutrustworthy
- unntrustworthy
- unrtustworthy
- untrrustworthy
- untrsutworthy
- untrusstworthy
- untrustowrthy
- untrusttworthy
- untrustworhty
- untrustworrthy
- untrustworthhy
- untrustworthyy
- untrustwortthy
- untrustwortyh
- untrustwotrhy
- untrustwrothy
- untrustwworthy
- untruswtorthy
- untrutsworthy
- unttrustworthy
- unturstworthy
- utnrustworthy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of untrustworthy - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "untrustworthy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).
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.