unit
/ˈjuː.nɪt/noun, adjective
unit is spelled U-N-I-T: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 89 times per million words in written English, the 1,191st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, unit means “Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of unit is units.
How many letters and syllables are in unit?
| Letters | 4: U-N-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 89 times per million words; the 1,191st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is unit?
Unit appears 89 times per million words in written English, the 1,191st 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 unit?
- /ˈjuː.nɪt/
- /ˈ(j)ɪu̯.nɪt/
Unit has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-unit.ogg, En-au-unit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with unit?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as unit.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: uint.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of unit
- units plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
Number, we define, to be, a certayne Mathematicall Sũme, of Vnits. [Note the worde, Vnit, to expresse the Greke Monas, & not Vnitie: as we haue all, commonly, till now, vsed.]
- 2
A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
The centimetre is a unit of length.
- 3
A basic, self-contained component or module that performs a specific function inside a computer system.
- 4
The number one.
- 5
Ellipsis of international unit.
This pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E.
- 6
An organized group comprising people or equipment.
He was a member of a special police unit.
- 7
A course, lesson, or section of a curriculum covering a particular topic or skill.
We're starting a new unit on photosynthesis next week.
- 8
informalA member of a military organization.
The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)
adjective
- 1
For each unit.
We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
- 2
Having a size or magnitude of one.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unit come from?
Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).