Unb
The verdict
“Unb” is uncommon German (frequency #93,742 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,742
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unnilbium
Corpus desk
Index DE-unb · Unb · German
Unb · rank #93,742 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,742
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH unabsehbare
Nearest frequency peer: unabsehbare (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Unb”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Umweltschut…
Umweltschutzorganisation
6,262 corpus weight
- Umweltzone
Umweltzone
6,261 corpus weight
- unabsehbare
unabsehbare
6,260 corpus weight
- Unb
Unb
6,259 corpus weight
- unbebaute
unbebaute
6,258 corpus weight
- unchristlich
unchristlich
6,256 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Unb” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #93,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Unb” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Unb is uncommon German at frequency #93,742 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unnilbium".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Unb, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Unb, spelled U-N-B.
Definition
- 1Unnilbium
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Unb", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.