unweave
"unweave" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unweave” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To undo something woven.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unweave · unweave · English
unweave · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unweave |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unweave” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unweave is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To undo something woven.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for unweave in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + weave. The correct English form is unweave, spelled U-N-W-E-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1To undo something woven.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unweave appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now she unweaves the web that she hath wrought.
Knowing, as they say, is itself a mystery that weaves itself as one unweaves it.
Etymology
From un- + weave.
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.