Union

/[uˈni̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,273

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Union is aGermannoun. It means: Zusammenschluss von Personen oder Organisationen Pronounced [uˈni̯oːn]. It ranks #1,273 in German word frequency. Often confused with UNO and Urin.

Key facts for Union
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[uˈni̯oːn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,273
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Union in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Union is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uˈni̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,273 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Union, with forms such as "nuion", "uinon", and "unino". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "UNO", "Urin", "unis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Union, spelled U-N-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zusammenschluss von Personen oder Organisationen
  2. 2
    zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für die Schwesterparteien Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU) und Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU)

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nuion,uinon,unino,unionn,unnion,unoin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Union

Misspelling Variants of "Union"

nuion5uinon5unino5unionn6unnion6unoin5
Misspelling Variants of "Union"

Frequency rank: #1,273 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Union"?
"Union" is spelled U-N-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [uˈni̯oːn].
What does "Union" mean?
As a noun, "Union" means: Zusammenschluss von Personen oder Organisationen
What words are commonly confused with "Union"?
"Union" is commonly confused with "UNO", "Urin", "unis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Union"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Union" is [uˈni̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Union" come from?
"Union" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter U in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.