unwrap
/ʌnˈɹæp/verb, noun
unwrap is spelled U-N-W-R-A-P: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, unwrap means “To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unwrap?
| Letters | 6: U-N-W-R-A-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unwrap?
Unwrap appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th 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).
How do you pronounce unwrap?
- /ʌnˈɹæp/
Unwrap has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-unwrap.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unwrap
- unwraps present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- unwrapping participle, present
- unwrapped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unwrap mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
- 2
To become unwrapped.
- 3
To remove word wrap from.
- 4
To flatten (a three-dimensional model) into a two-dimensional plane.
noun
- 1
An act of unwrapping.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unwrap in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense undo what is wrapped:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déballer |
| German | auspacken, auswickeln, auseinanderwickeln |
| Portuguese | desembrulhar |
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 unwrap come from?
From Middle English unwrappen, equivalent to un- + wrap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).