# unite

> English word · Verb · IPA /juˈnaɪt/ · frequency rank #8,373

## Definitions
1. To bring together as one.
2. To 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.

## Easily confused with
- **ute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-ute)
- **unto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-unto)
- **Unix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-unix)
- **univ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-univ)
- **units** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-units)
- **unity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-unity)
- **urine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-urine)
- **Uribe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-uribe)
- **unsee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-unsee)
- **united** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-united)
- **unlike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-unlike)
- **unites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-unites)
- **unwise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-unwise)
- **uni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uni-vs-unite)
- **unit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unit-vs-unite)
- **union** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/union-vs-unite)
- **uncle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uncle-vs-unite)
- **unfit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unfit-vs-unite)
- **undue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/undue-vs-unite)
- **unify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unify-vs-unite)

## Common misspellings (6)
`nuite`, `uinte`, `uniet`, `unitte`, `unnite`, `untie`

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