ukrainien

\y.kʁɛ.njɛ̃\

/\y.kʁɛ.njɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“ukrainien” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,291. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,291
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Ukrainiens, à l’Ukraine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ukrainien · ukrainien · French

ukrainien · rank #13,291 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,291
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH tunisienne

Nearest frequency peer: tunisienne (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ukrainien »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ukrainien » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ukrainien vs ukrainiens
90% similar
ukrainien vs ukrainienne
82% similar
ukrainien vs Ukraine
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ukrainien
PropertyValue
Headwordukrainien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\y.kʁɛ.njɛ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,291
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ukrainien »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ukrainiense place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tunisienne » (#13,290), « usé » (#13,292), « tuiles » (#13,289). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « ukrainien » est au #13,291. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around ukrainien (IPA \y.kʁɛ.njɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,291 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ukrainien, with forms such as "kurainien", "ukarinien", and "ukkrainien". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ukrainiens", "ukrainienne", "Ukraine", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ukrainien, spelled U-K-R-A-I-N-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux Ukrainiens, à l’Ukraine.
  2. 2
    Relatif à l’ukrainien (la langue).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ukrainien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Son père possédait à Lwów une grosse fabrique de bonbons ; tout en faisant ses études, elle avait milité en faveur de l’indépendance ukrainienne, et passé quelques jours en prison.
  2. Mary chantait et dansait quelques minutes au milieu des joueurs de balalaïka, vêtue d’un costume de « princesse ukrainienne » qui évoquait plutôt les montagnardes du Tyrol.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kurainien
  • ukarinien
  • ukkrainien
  • ukraiinen
  • ukrainein
  • ukrainienn
  • ukrainine
  • ukrainnien
  • ukraniien
  • ukrianien
  • ukrrainien
  • urkainien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ukrainien - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

kurainien2ukarinien2ukkrainien1ukraiinen2ukrainein2ukrainienn1ukrainine2ukrainnien1
Edit distance from "ukrainien"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ukrainien"?
"ukrainien" is spelled U-K-R-A-I-N-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \y.kʁɛ.njɛ̃\.
What does "ukrainien" mean?
As an adjective, "ukrainien" means: Relatif aux Ukrainiens, à l’Ukraine.
What words are commonly confused with "ukrainien"?
"ukrainien" is commonly confused with "ukrainiens", "ukrainienne", "Ukraine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ukrainien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ukrainien" is \y.kʁɛ.njɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ukrainien" come from?
"ukrainien" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ukrainien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list