unicom
"unicom" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unicom” is uncommon English (frequency #92,194 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,194
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An air-ground communication facility operated by a private agency (not air traffic control) to provide advice at uncontrolled aerodromes and airports and to provide non-flight services such as requ...
Corpus desk
Index EN-unicom · unicom · English
unicom · rank #92,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,194
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unicameral
Nearest frequency peer: unicameral (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “unicom”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unctuous
unctuous
7,811 corpus weight
- undine
undine
7,810 corpus weight
- unicameral
unicameral
7,808 corpus weight
- unicom
unicom
7,807 corpus weight
- unmistakeab…
unmistakeable
7,805 corpus weight
- unseal
unseal
7,804 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unicom” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unicom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unicom” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unicom is uncommon English at frequency #92,194 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An air-ground communication facility operated by a private agency (not air traffic control) to provide advice at uncontrolled aerodromes and airports and to provide non-flight services such as requ...".
unicom has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of universal communications. The correct English form is unicom, spelled U-N-I-C-O-M.
Definition
- 1An air-ground communication facility operated by a private agency (not air traffic control) to provide advice at uncontrolled aerodromes and airports and to provide non-flight services such as requesting a taxi.
Etymology
Clipping of universal communications.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).