unwelcoming
"unwelcoming" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unwelcoming” is uncommon English (frequency #77,312 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,312
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unwelcoming · unwelcoming · English
unwelcoming · rank #77,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,312
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH Uthman
Nearest frequency peer: Uthman (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “unwelcoming”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unlovable
unlovable
22,693 corpus weight
- unquote
unquote
22,692 corpus weight
- untalented
untalented
22,691 corpus weight
- unwelcoming
unwelcoming
22,689 corpus weight
- Uthman
Uthman
22,688 corpus weight
- valk
valk
22,685 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unwelcoming” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unwelcoming |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unwelcoming” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unwelcoming is uncommon English at frequency #77,312 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unwelcoming, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + welcoming. The correct English form is unwelcoming, spelled U-N-W-E-L-C-O-M-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unwelcoming appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The townspeople were unwelcoming, making little effort to make the newcomer feel welcome.
Etymology
From un- + welcoming.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).