unirse
[uˈniɾse]
The verdict
“unirse” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,057 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,057
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ponerse en consonancia o de acuerdo las voluntades o sentimientos de varias personas.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unirse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [uˈniɾse] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unirse” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for unirse is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uˈniɾse]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,057 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for unirse, with forms such as "nuirse", "uinrse", and "unirce". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "usarse", "universe", "unirá", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is unirse, spelled U-N-I-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Ponerse en consonancia o de acuerdo las voluntades o sentimientos de varias personas.
- 2Contraer nupcias, asociarse dos personas por medio del matrimonio.
- 3Ponerse varias personas en contacto.
- 4Fundirse una o más personas en un grupo humano.
- 5Volver a estar juntos quienes se habían separado.
- 6Ponerse varias cosas en contacto formando un todo inseparable.
- 7Ponerse en contacto varias cosas, sin que pierdan su individualidad.
- 8Ponerse en contacto varias cosas de modo de no separarse.
- 9Ir varias cosas a formar parte de un todo.
- 10Volver a estar junto lo que se había separado.
- 11Poner en contacto dos o màs cosas materiales o inmateriales.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuirse,uinrse,unirce,unires,unirrse,unirsse,unisre,unnirse,unrise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unirse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “unirse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-N-I-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [uˈniɾse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “usarse” - see the side-by-side comparison. unirse vs usarse
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.