und
/ʌnd/
"und" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“und” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,867 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,867
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A wave.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | und |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʌnd/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #7,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “und” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for und is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʌnd/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,867 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for und, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "up", "us", "ur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English unde (“a wave”), from either the Old French unde or Latin unda (“wave”). Doublet of water, ultimately from the same Indo-European root. The correct English form is und, spelled U-N-D.
Definition
- 1A wave.
- 2A billow- or wave-like marking.
- 3Nonstandard spelling of and, usually signifying a German accent, due to "und" meaning "and" in German..
Etymology
From Middle English unde (“a wave”), from either the Old French unde or Latin unda (“wave”). Doublet of water, ultimately from the same Indo-European root.
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.
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Using “und”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʌnd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “up” - see the side-by-side comparison. und vs up
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.