unían

/[uˈniãn]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,867

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

unían is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de unir o de unirse. Pronounced [uˈniãn]. Often confused with usan and unit.

Key facts for unían
PropertyValue
Headwordunían
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[uˈniãn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,867
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of unían in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for unían is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uˈniãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,867 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de unir o de unirse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for unían, with forms such as "nuían", "unaín", and "unnían". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "usan", "unit", "UNIX", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is unían, spelled U-N-Í-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de unir o de unirse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nuían,unaín,unnían,uníann,unína,uínan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for unían

Misspelling Variants of "unían"

nuían5unaín5unnían6uníann6unína5uínan5
Misspelling Variants of "unían"

Frequency rank: #36,867 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unían"?
"unían" is spelled U-N-Í-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [uˈniãn].
What does "unían" mean?
As a verb, "unían" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de unir o de unirse.
What words are commonly confused with "unían"?
"unían" is commonly confused with "usan", "unit", "UNIX". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "unían"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unían" is [uˈniãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unían" come from?
"unían" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.