univocal
/juːnɪˈvəʊkəl/
"univocal" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“univocal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having only one possible meaning.
Corpus desk
Index EN-univocal · univocal · English
univocal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | univocal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /juːnɪˈvəʊkəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “univocal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
univocal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /juːnɪˈvəʊkəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for univocal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin ūnivocus + -al. By surface analysis, uni- + vocal. The correct English form is univocal, spelled U-N-I-V-O-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Having only one possible meaning.
- 2Containing instances of only one vowel; univocalic.
- 3Having unison of sound, as the octave has in music.
- 4Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
- 5Unequivocal; indubitable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how univocal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There were, he argued, some words, such as ‘fat’ or ‘exhausted’, that could not apply to God, but if such terms as ‘being’, ‘goodness’ or ‘wisdom’ were not univocal of God and creatures, ‘one could not naturally have any concept of God – which is false.’
Eunoia is a univocal lipogram — an anomalous narrative, in which each vowel appears by itself in its own chapter, telling a story in its own voice.
Etymology
From Late Latin ūnivocus + -al. By surface analysis, uni- + vocal.
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.