United States
/juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/
"united-states" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“United States” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A country in North America, also including Hawaii in Oceania; in full, United States of America.
Corpus desk
Index EN-united-states · United States · English
United States · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | United States |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “United States” in English
Rare enough to double-check
United States is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for United States in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is United States, spelled U-N-I-T-E-D- -S-T-A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1A country in North America, also including Hawaii in Oceania; in full, United States of America.
- 2A country in North America, also including Hawaii in Oceania; in full, United States of America.
- 3The collection of individual states of the United States of America.
- 4A federal nation consisting of several states, whether actual, historical or hypothetical.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how United States appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those powers with whom the United States have the most extensive relations there was reason to apprehend that our intercourse with them might be interrupted and our disposition for peace drawn into question by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations.
As we have seen, people migrated to the United States for a variety of reasons. But nearly all shared two great hopes: the hope for personal freedom and the hope for economic opportunity.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.