uli

\uli\

/\uli\/ verb

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The verdict

“uli” is uncommon French (frequency #58,326 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,326
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écrire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-uli · uli · French

uli · rank #58,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,326
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH télévisuelles

Nearest frequency peer: télévisuelles (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « uli »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « uli » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for uli
PropertyValue
Headworduli
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\uli\
Letters3
Frequency rank#58,326
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « uli » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ulitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « télévisuelles » (#58,325), « unijambiste » (#58,327), « updates » (#58,328). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « uli » est au #58,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

uli is uncommon French at frequency #58,326 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \uli\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Écrire.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for uli, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is uli, spelled U-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écrire.

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 "uli"?
"uli" is spelled U-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is \uli\.
What does "uli" mean?
As a verb, "uli" means: Écrire.
How do you pronounce "uli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uli" is \uli\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uli" come from?
"uli" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

uso#58,329TVQ#58,321vix#58,349wiz#58,360

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list