unwound
un·wound/ʌnˈwaʊnd/verb
unwound is spelled U-N-W-O-U-N-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables (un·wound). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, unwound means “simple past and past participle of unwind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unwound?
| Letters | 7: U-N-W-O-U-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: un·wound |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is unwound?
Unwound appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th 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 unwound?
- /ʌnˈwaʊnd/
As a verb (“to make (someone’s) wounds go away, to heal”): /ʌnˈwuːnd/.
Unwound has 2 syllables, split un·wound in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-unwound.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-unwound.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unwound
- unwounds present, singular, he/she/it
- unwounding participle, present
- unwounded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unwound mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of unwind
- 2
rareto make (someone’s) wounds go away, to heal
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does unwound come from?
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).