unzipping
"unzipping" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unzipping” is uncommon English (frequency #87,950 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,950
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act by which something is unzipped.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unzipping · unzipping · English
unzipping · rank #87,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,950
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unsupportive
Nearest frequency peer: unsupportive (-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 “unzipping”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unordered
unordered
12,055 corpus weight
- unsentiment…
unsentimental
12,054 corpus weight
- unsparing
unsparing
12,053 corpus weight
- unsupportive
unsupportive
12,052 corpus weight
- unzipping
unzipping
12,051 corpus weight
- urf
urf
12,049 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unzipping” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unzipping |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unzipping” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unzipping is uncommon English at frequency #87,950 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act by which something is unzipped.".
No misspelling variants are generated for unzipping in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is unzipping, spelled U-N-Z-I-P-P-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act by which something is unzipped.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unzipping appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was impulse, not intention, one of those great unzippings of the superego that lets the id shine through.
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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