unwonted
/ʌnˈwɑntɪd/adjective
unwonted is spelled U-N-W-O-N-T-E-D: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unwonted means “Not customary or habitual; unusual; infrequent; strange” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unwonted?
| Letters | 8: U-N-W-O-N-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is unwonted?
Unwonted appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unwonted?
- US /ʌnˈwɑntɪd/
- UK /ʌnˈwɒntɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-unwonted.wav, En-us-unwonted.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with unwonted
Sounds like: unwanted (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with unwonted?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as unwonted from its last stressed vowel (/ɑntɪd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of unwonted
- more unwonted comparative
- most unwonted superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unwonted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not customary or habitual; unusual; infrequent; strange.
On the other hand, it was not so well known among them that Moses was always to be their ruler, and so it behooved those who rebelled against his authority to be punished in a miraculous and unwonted manner.
- 2
archaicUnused (to); unaccustomed (to) something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unwonted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not customary:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | incomum |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unwonted come from?
From un- + wonted. Redundant in form, as wont is by itself historically the participle adjective. Largely displaced earlier unwont.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).