# unpack

> English word · Verb · IPA /ʌnˈpæk/ · frequency rank #27,688

## Definitions
1. To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
2. To empty containers that had been packed.
3. To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
4. To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
5. To decompress (data).

## Etymology
From Middle English unpakken, equivalent to un- + pack. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpakje (“to unpack”), West Frisian útpakke (“to unpack”), Dutch uitpakken (“to unpack”), German auspacken (“to unpack”).

## Easily confused with
- **unpaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unpack-vs-unpaid)
- **unpacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unpack-vs-unpacked)
- **unlock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unlock-vs-unpack)

## Common misspellings (9)
`nupack`, `unapck`, `unnpack`, `unpacck`, `unpackk`, `unpakc`, `unpcak`, `unppack`, `upnack`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/unpack