# Unicode

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈjunɪˌkoʊd/ · frequency rank #34,737

## Definitions
1. A series of character encoding standards intended to support the characters used by a large number of the world’s languages.
2. The Unicode standards, together with standards for representing character strings as byte strings.

## Etymology
Published as a draft proposal in 1988, “intended to suggest a unique, unified, universal encoding”. From uni- + code.

## Easily confused with
- **unicorn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unicode-vs-unicorn)

## Common misspellings (9)
`nuicode`, `uincode`, `unciode`, `uniccode`, `unicdoe`, `unicodde`, `unicoed`, `uniocde`, `unnicode`

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