Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unspellable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-spellable
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Difficult or impossible to spell.

Example Sentences

"His masters, the Houyhnhnms of the unspellable and unsayable name, were more than performing horses or uncultured squires."
"Their children, with unpronounceable, unspellable names, came to school in tattered clothes, the boys in drab vests and the girls in more colorful ones."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English spellable English unspellable From un- + spellable.

Questions

What does unspellable mean?: Difficult or impossible to spell.
Where does unspellable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English spellable English unspellable From un- + spellable.

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