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untuned

adjective

untuned is spelled U-N-T-U-N-E-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, untuned means “Not tuned, and thus off-key” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in untuned?

Letters7: U-N-T-U-N-E-D
In writingabout once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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

How common is untuned?

Untuned appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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).

Forms of untuned

  • more untuned comparative
  • most untuned superlative

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

What does untuned mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Not tuned, and thus off-key.

  2. 2

    Not designed to produce specific pitches.

    Many types of cymbals and drums are untuned.

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

Where does untuned come from?

From un- + tuned.

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

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