United States of America
/juːˌnaɪtɨd ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹɨkə/
"united-states-of-america" is a 21-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“United States of America” 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
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A country located primarily in North America, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and consisting of fifty states (including Alaska and Hawaii) and the District of Columbia, while asse...
Corpus desk
Index EN-united-states-of-america · United States of America · English
United States of America · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 of America |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹɨkə/ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “United States of America” in English
Rare enough to double-check
United States of America is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹɨkə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A country located primarily in North America, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and consisting of fifty states (including Alaska and Hawaii) and the District of Columbia, while asse...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for United States of America, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1776, see names of the United States. The correct English form is United States of America, spelled U-N-I-T-E-D- -S-T-A-T-E-S- -O-F- -A-M-E-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1A country located primarily in North America, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and consisting of fifty states (including Alaska and Hawaii) and the District of Columbia, while asserting sovereignty over several territories. Capital: Washington, D.C.. Largest city: New York City.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how United States of America appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mexico and Canada border the United States of America.
Whereas the Delegates of the United States of America in Congreſs assembled did on the 15th day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven, and in the Second Year of the Independence of America agree to certain articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the states of Newhampſhire, Maſsachusetts-bay, Rhodeiſ…
Etymology
First attested in 1776, see names of the United States.
Synonyms
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.