unser

/[ˈʊnzɐ]/ pron

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#335

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

unser is aGermanpron. It means: Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Genitiv Pronounced [ˈʊnzɐ]. It ranks #335 in German word frequency. Often confused with use and user.

Key facts for unser
PropertyValue
Headwordunser
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPron
IPA[ˈʊnzɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#335
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for unser is 5 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnzɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #335 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Genitiv".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for unser, with forms such as "nuser", "unesr", and "unnser". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "use", "user", "used", 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 unser, spelled U-N-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Genitiv

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nuser,unesr,unnser,unserr,unsser,usner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for unser

Misspelling Variants of "unser"

nuser5unesr5unnser6unserr6unsser6usner5
Misspelling Variants of "unser"

Frequency rank: #335 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unser"?
"unser" is spelled U-N-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnzɐ].
What does "unser" mean?
As a pron, "unser" means: Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Genitiv
What words are commonly confused with "unser"?
"unser" is commonly confused with "use", "user", "used". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "unser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unser" is [ˈʊnzɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unser" come from?
"unser" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.