unlink
verb, noun
unlink is spelled U-N-L-I-N-K: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, unlink means “To decouple; to remove a link from, or separate the links of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unlink?
| Letters | 6: U-N-L-I-N-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unlink?
Unlink appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of unlink
- unlinks present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- unlinking participle, present
- unlinked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unlink mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To decouple; to remove a link from, or separate the links of.
- 2
To delete (a file).
noun
- 1
A link that is equivalent (under ambient isotopy) to finitely many disjoint circles in the plane.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unlink in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to decouple an item:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | desligar, desvincular |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unlink come from?
From un- + link.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).