# ubuntu

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʊˈbʊntuː/ · frequency rank #20,527

## Definitions
1. A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.

## Etymology
Loanword from Zulu ubuntu (“humanity”) and Xhosa ubuntu (“humaneness, solidarity”).

## Common misspellings (8)
`buuntu`, `ubbuntu`, `ubnutu`, `ubunntu`, `ubunttu`, `ubunut`, `ubutnu`, `uubntu`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ubuntu