unaware
\ʌnəˈwɛː\
The verdict
“unaware” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inconscient (qui n'a pas pris conscience d'une chose).
Corpus desk
Index FR-unaware · unaware · French
unaware · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | unaware |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʌnəˈwɛː\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « unaware » en français
Rare enough to double-check
unaware is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʌnəˈwɛː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inconscient (qui n'a pas pris conscience d'une chose).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for unaware in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is unaware, spelled U-N-A-W-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Inconscient (qui n'a pas pris conscience d'une chose).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unaware appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is an era of specialists, each of whom sees his own problem and is unaware of or intolerant of the larger frame into which it fits.
Antonyms
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.