unanimity

/ˌjuːnəˈnɪmɪti/

//ˌjuːnəˈnɪmɪti// noun

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"unanimity" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unanimity” is uncommon English (frequency #50,867 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,867
frequency rank, English
1,433
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unanimity · unanimity · English

unanimity · rank #50,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,867
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,433
  • PHOTO-FINISH unabashedly

Nearest frequency peer: unabashedly (-1 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “unanimity”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “unanimity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unanimity
PropertyValue
Headwordunanimity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌjuːnəˈnɪmɪti/
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,867
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unanimity” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).unanimityfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “unabashedly” (#50,866), “unassailable” (#50,868), “unavailability” (#50,869). Among 1,433 “U” headwords, “unanimity” is #50,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unanimity is uncommon English at frequency #50,867 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌjuːnəˈnɪmɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unanimity, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From unanim(ous) + -ity, from Middle French unanimité, from Late Latin ūnanimitās. Displaced native Old English ānmōdnes (literally “one-mindedness”). The correct English form is unanimity, spelled U-N-A-N-I-M-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how unanimity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mankind were wrong, it seems, in concluding that all swans were white: are we also wrong, when we conclude that all men's heads grow above their shoulders, and never below, in spite of the conflicting testimony of the naturalist Pliny? As there were black swans, though civilised people had existed for three thousand years on the earth without meeting with…
  2. Those responsible for preannouncing the Internet's hot new ideas are pushing Push with a ferocious unanimity.

Etymology

From unanim(ous) + -ity, from Middle French unanimité, from Late Latin ūnanimitās. Displaced native Old English ānmōdnes (literally “one-mindedness”).

This word in other languages

unanimidad(Español)unanimité(Français)Einstimmigkeit(Deutsch)unanimidade(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unanimity"?
"unanimity" is spelled U-N-A-N-I-M-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌjuːnəˈnɪmɪti/.
What does "unanimity" mean?
As a noun, "unanimity" means: The condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.
How do you pronounce "unanimity"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unanimity" is /ˌjuːnəˈnɪmɪti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "unanimity"?
From unanim(ous) + -ity, from Middle French unanimité, from Late Latin ūnanimitās. Displaced native Old English ānmōdnes (literally “one-mindedness”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unanimity", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unbounded#50,870Turkestan#50,860transpose#50,851timepiece#50,847

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list