UNESCO
[uˈnɛsko]
The verdict
“UNESCO” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,142
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( Organisation der Vereinten Nationen für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | UNESCO |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [uˈnɛsko] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “UNESCO” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around UNESCO (IPA [uˈnɛsko]), anabbreviation. Corpus frequency is #11,142 among 30,279 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( Organisation der Vereinten Nationen für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for UNESCO, with forms such as "nuesco", "uensco", and "unecso". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is UNESCO, spelled U-N-E-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( Organisation der Vereinten Nationen für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuesco
- uensco
- unecso
- unescco
- unesoc
- unessco
- unnesco
- unseco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of UNESCO - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “UNESCO”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-E-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [uˈnɛsko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.