unicast
adjective, verb
unicast is spelled U-N-I-C-A-S-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unicast means “Being the transmission of messages to a single destination host on a packet switching network” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unicast?
| Letters | 7: U-N-I-C-A-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unicast?
Unicast appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unicast?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-unicast.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unicast
- unicasts present, singular, he/she/it
- unicasting participle, present
- unicasted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unicast mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Being the transmission of messages to a single destination host on a packet switching network.
- 2
Synonym of singlecast.
verb
- 1
To transmit in this manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does unicast come from?
From uni- + broadcast.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).