# unsee

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #46,837

## Definitions
1. To undo the act of seeing something; to erase the memory of having seen something, or otherwise reverse the effect of having seen something.

## Etymology
From un- + see. Compare Middle English unseen, unsen (“to fail to see, be unable to see”).

## Easily confused with
- **use** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsee-vs-use)
- **used** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsee-vs-used)
- **uses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsee-vs-uses)
- **user** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsee-vs-user)
- **upset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsee-vs-upset)
- **unsure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsee-vs-unsure)
- **unused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsee-vs-unused)
- **unseen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsee-vs-unseen)
- **under** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/under-vs-unsee)
- **uncle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uncle-vs-unsee)
- **unite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-unsee)
- **undue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/undue-vs-unsee)
- **unmet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unmet-vs-unsee)
- **unsafe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unsafe-vs-unsee)
- **unisex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unisex-vs-unsee)
- **unseat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unseat-vs-unsee)

## Common misspellings (6)
`nusee`, `unese`, `unnsee`, `unse`, `unssee`, `usnee`

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