unwomanly
"unwomanly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unwomanly” 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 womanly; unfeminine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unwomanly · unwomanly · English
unwomanly · 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
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 | unwomanly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unwomanly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unwomanly is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not womanly; unfeminine.".
Zero misspellings are on record for unwomanly in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + womanly. The correct English form is unwomanly, spelled U-N-W-O-M-A-N-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Not womanly; unfeminine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unwomanly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She had been told that she would feel very unwomanly, very unlike herself, for a while.
Etymology
From un- + womanly.
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.