united vs unlisted, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“united” is a verb and “unlisted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#323
“united” frequency rank: #40,069
“unlisted” frequency rank: 40392
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	united	unlisted
Definition	simple past and past participle of unite	Not included in a list.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set united and unlisted apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

united

8 ch

unlisted

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: united is averb and unlistedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

united is recorded at frequency rank #323, classified as averb, pronounced /juːˈnaɪtɪd/. unlisted is at rank #40,069, tagged as anadj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 40392, this pair ranks #268,019 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of united vs unlisted

Shared letters: deintu. Private to "united": -. Private to "unlisted": ls.

"united" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "unlisted" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

united ← nuited · uinted · unietd · unitde · unitedd · unitted · unnited
unlisted ← nulisted · ulnisted · unilsted · unlisetd · unlissted · unlistde · unlistedd · unlistted

Frequency comparison

united#323

unlisted#40,069

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "united" and "unlisted" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "united" is a verb and "unlisted" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "united" or "unlisted"?

"united" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #323 in our English list, against #40,069 for "unlisted". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering united vs unlisted

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “united”; for an adjective, it's “unlisted”.
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