union
\y.njɔ̃\
The verdict
“union” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #858 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #858
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Opérateur de la théorie des ensembles, qui regroupe au sein d'un même ensemble les éléments de deux ensembles. Désigne également l'opération (le fait d'unir deux ensembles) ainsi que le résultat de...
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 | union |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.njɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “union” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for union is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \y.njɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #858 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for union, with forms such as "nuion", "uinon", and "unino". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Uno", "unis", "unir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is union, spelled U-N-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Opérateur de la théorie des ensembles, qui regroupe au sein d'un même ensemble les éléments de deux ensembles. Désigne également l'opération (le fait d'unir deux ensembles) ainsi que le résultat de cette opération, c'est-à-dire l'ensemble contenant tous les éléments appartenant à deux autres ensembles.
- 2Liaison établie entre deux ou plusieurs choses de manière qu’elles ne forment qu’un seul tout.
- 3Concorde, bonne intelligence, liaison étroite, conformité d’efforts.
- 4Mariage.
- 5Rapport sexuel.
- 6Jonction de deux ou de plusieurs choses qui de leur nature étaient séparées.
- 7Groupement d’individus, de sociétés ou de collectivités qui s’associent en vue d’un certain but.
- 8Rare, l'Union européenne
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuion,uinon,unino,unionn,unnion,unoin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of union - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “union”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is U-N-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \y.njɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Uno” - see the side-by-side comparison. union vs Uno
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.