unzip
verb
unzip is spelled U-N-Z-I-P: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, unzip means “To open something using a zipper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unzip?
| Letters | 5: U-N-Z-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th 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 unzip?
Unzip appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th 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 unzip?
Unzip 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-unzip.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unzip
- unzips present, singular, he/she/it
- unzipping participle, present
- unzipped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unzip mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To open something using a zipper.
- 2
To come open by means of a zipper.
- 3
To restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unzip in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Reißverschluss öffnen , entpacken, dekomprimieren, entzippen |
| Spanish | bajar el síper, abrir el riqui , descomprimir |
| French | décompresser, dézipper |
| Portuguese | descomprimir, descompactar, deszipar |
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 unzip come from?
From un- + zip.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).