united
/juːˈnaɪtɪd/
"united" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“united” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #323 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #323
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of unite
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 | united |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /juːˈnaɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “united” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for united is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /juːˈnaɪtɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #323 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of unite".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for united, with forms such as "nuited", "uinted", and "unietd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "units", "unity", "unused", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 united, spelled U-N-I-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of unite
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 Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English united From unite + -ed.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuited,uinted,unietd,unitde,unitedd,unitted,unnited
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of united - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “united”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-I-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /juːˈnaɪtɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “units” - see the side-by-side comparison. united vs units
- 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.