unwashed
"unwashed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unwashed” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,949. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,949
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not having been washed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unwashed · unwashed · English
unwashed · rank #40,949 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,949
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unverified
Nearest frequency peer: unverified (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “unwashed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- unselfish
unselfish
59,055 corpus weight
- unsound
unsound
59,054 corpus weight
- unverified
unverified
59,053 corpus weight
- unwashed
unwashed
59,052 corpus weight
- urination
urination
59,051 corpus weight
- utterance
utterance
59,050 corpus weight
What this shows “unwashed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unwashed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “unwashed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around unwashed, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,949 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for unwashed, with forms such as "nuwashed", "unawshed", and "unnwashed". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "unwanted", "unmasked", "unleashed", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English unwasched, unwasschyd, unwessched, a weak verb conjugation of earlier Middle English unwaschen (“unwashen”), equivalent to un- + washed. The correct English form is unwashed, spelled U-N-W-A-S-H-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not having been washed.
- 2Vulgar, plebeian, lowbrow.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unwashed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I say that the eyass should have her meat unwashed, until she becomes a brancher—’twere the ready way to give her the frounce, to wash her meat sooner, and so knows every one who knows a gled from a falcon.
Gannon is looked upon with distrust by a good many members of the Citizens’ Committee—or perhaps it is with jealousy. He remains, however, a hero to the unwashed elements.
Etymology
From Middle English unwasched, unwasschyd, unwessched, a weak verb conjugation of earlier Middle English unwaschen (“unwashen”), equivalent to un- + washed.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuwashed
- unawshed
- unnwashed
- unwahsed
- unwasehd
- unwashde
- unwashedd
- unwashhed
- unwasshed
- unwsahed
- unwwashed
- uwnashed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unwashed - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).