unicom
"unicom" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unicom” is uncommon English (frequency #92,194 among 23,789 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,194
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “unicom” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unicom is uncommon English at frequency #92,194 among 23,789 “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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Using “unicom”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-I-C-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.