unweighty

adj

"unweighty" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not weighty.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unweighty · unweighty · English

unweighty · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for unweighty
PropertyValue
Headwordunweighty
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unweighty” in English

unweightyfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

unweighty is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not weighty.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unweighty, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + weighty. Attested since the 17th century. The correct English form is unweighty, spelled U-N-W-E-I-G-H-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not weighty.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how unweighty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] the instances and arguments given by him are very unweighty and trivial to conclude the nature of man to be so full of jealousie and malignity, as he would have it believed to be, from that common practice of circumspection and providence, which custom and discretion hath introduced in human life.

Etymology

From un- + weighty. Attested since the 17th century.

Synonyms

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 "unweighty"?
"unweighty" is spelled U-N-W-E-I-G-H-T-Y.
What does "unweighty" mean?
As an adjective, "unweighty" means: Not weighty.
What is the origin of the word "unweighty"?
From un- + weighty. Attested since the 17th century. 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