unioniste
\y.njɔ.nist\
The verdict
“unioniste” is uncommon French (frequency #60,457 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,457
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l'Union nationale (UN).
Corpus desk
Index FR-unioniste · unioniste · French
unioniste · rank #60,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,457
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH uncle
Nearest frequency peer: uncle (-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 « unioniste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- uncharted
uncharted
39,546 corpus weight
- uncle
uncle
39,545 corpus weight
- unioniste
unioniste
39,544 corpus weight
- vala
vala
39,542 corpus weight
- verdoyantes
verdoyantes
39,541 corpus weight
- vernes
vernes
39,540 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « unioniste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unioniste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \y.njɔ.nist\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « unioniste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
unioniste is uncommon French at frequency #60,457 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \y.njɔ.nist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unioniste, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is unioniste, spelled U-N-I-O-N-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif à l'Union nationale (UN).
- 2Relatif aux états de l’Union durant la guerre de Sécession américaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unioniste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais en vérité il n'y a rien de surprenant à ce que les syndicats aient déjà maille à partir avec Duplessis. Quoiqu'il promettait de défendre l'ouvrier, le chef unioniste n'a jamais tenté de courtiser les syndicats.
Ces anciens esclaves vont grossir les rangs des unités noires qui se sont constituées dans l’armée unioniste.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).