Unna

/[ˈʊna]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,749

in German word usage

Misspellings

2

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

Unna is aGermanname. It means: eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Pronounced [ˈʊna]. Often confused with uns and USA.

Key facts for Unna
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnna
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈʊna]
Letters4
Frequency rank#17,749
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Unna is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊna]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,749 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 2 documented wrong-spelling variants for Unna, including "nuna" and "unan". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "uns", "USA", "UNO", 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 Unna, spelled U-N-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nuna,unan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Unna

Misspelling Variants of "Unna"

nuna4unan4
Misspelling Variants of "Unna"

Frequency rank: #17,749 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Unna"?
"Unna" is spelled U-N-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊna].
What does "Unna" mean?
As a name, "Unna" means: eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
What words are commonly confused with "Unna"?
"Unna" is commonly confused with "uns", "USA", "UNO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Unna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unna" is [ˈʊna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unna" come from?
"Unna" 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.