Union
[uˈni̯oːn]
The verdict
“Union” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,273
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zusammenschluss von Personen oder Organisationen
Corpus desk
Index DE-union · Union · German
Union · rank #1,273 · 6 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,273
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Tisch
Nearest frequency peer: Tisch (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Union“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Tages
Tages
98,731 corpus weight
- Technik
Technik
98,730 corpus weight
- Tisch
Tisch
98,729 corpus weight
- Union
Union
98,728 corpus weight
- Urlaub
Urlaub
98,727 corpus weight
- verletzt
verletzt
98,726 corpus weight
What this shows „Union“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Union |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [uˈni̯oːn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,273 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Union“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Union (IPA [uˈni̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,273 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Union, with forms such as "nuion", "uinon", and "unino". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "UNO", "Urin", "unis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 German form is Union, spelled U-N-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Zusammenschluss von Personen oder Organisationen
- 2zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für die Schwesterparteien Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU) und Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Union appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Union der politischen Parteien wurde wieder aufgelöst, nachdem sie sich nicht bewährt hatte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuion
- uinon
- unino
- unionn
- unnion
- unoin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Union - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Union", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).