Unser
"unser" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Unser” is uncommon English (frequency #50,300 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,300
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unser · Unser · English
Unser · rank #50,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,300
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unscripted
Nearest frequency peer: unscripted (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Unser”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- uninspiring
uninspiring
49,704 corpus weight
- unraveled
unraveled
49,703 corpus weight
- unscripted
unscripted
49,702 corpus weight
- Unser
Unser
49,701 corpus weight
- unwrapped
unwrapped
49,700 corpus weight
- unzip
unzip
49,699 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Unser” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unser |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Unser” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Unser is uncommon English at frequency #50,300 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Unser, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a south German surname, from the adjective sehr (“wounded, injured”) with the prefix un-. * As a north German surname, from the small town Unsen in Hameln. The correct English form is Unser, spelled U-N-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
* As a south German surname, from the adjective sehr (“wounded, injured”) with the prefix un-. * As a north German surname, from the small town Unsen in Hameln.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).