unwontedly
/ʊnˈwoʊnt.ɪd.li/
"unwontedly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unwontedly” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unusually.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unwontedly · unwontedly · English
unwontedly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | unwontedly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ʊnˈwoʊnt.ɪd.li/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unwontedly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unwontedly is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ʊnˈwoʊnt.ɪd.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unusually.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unwontedly, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From unwonted + -ly. The correct English form is unwontedly, spelled U-N-W-O-N-T-E-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Unusually.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unwontedly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Knowest thou,” said the Jester, “my good friend Gurth, that thou art strangely courteous and most unwontedly pious on this summer morning? […]”
Yes. I remember Adlestrop— The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June.
Etymology
From unwonted + -ly.
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.