unyielding
\ʌn.ˈjiːl.dɪŋ\
The verdict
“unyielding” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflexible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unyielding · unyielding · French
unyielding · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | unyielding |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʌn.ˈjiːl.dɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « unyielding » en français
Rare enough to double-check
unyielding is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʌn.ˈjiːl.dɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflexible.".
unyielding has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is unyielding, spelled U-N-Y-I-E-L-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Inflexible.
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.