united
/juːˈnaɪtɪd/
"united" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“united” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #323. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #323
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of unite
Corpus desk
Index EN-united · united · English
united · rank #323 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #323
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH trying
Nearest frequency peer: trying (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “united”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- general
general
99,681 corpus weight
- they're
they're
99,680 corpus weight
- trying
trying
99,679 corpus weight
- united
united
99,678 corpus weight
- using
using
99,677 corpus weight
- area
area
99,676 corpus weight
What this shows “united” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “united”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around united (IPA /juːˈnaɪtɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #323 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).