unite
/juˈnaɪt/
"unite" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unite” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,373 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,373
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To bring together as one.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /juˈnaɪt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unite” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for unite is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /juˈnaɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,373 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for unite, with forms such as "nuite", "uinte", and "uniet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ute", "unto", "Unix", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Latin -iō Latin ūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ūnītuslbor. Middle English unit… The correct English form is unite, spelled U-N-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1To bring together as one.
- 2To come together as one.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Latin -iō Latin ūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ūnītuslbor. Middle English uniten English unite From Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, perfect passive participle of ūniō.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuite,uinte,uniet,unitte,unnite,untie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unite - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “unite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /juˈnaɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ute” - see the side-by-side comparison. unite vs ute
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.