uniques

\y.nik\

/\y.nik\/ adj

The verdict

“uniques” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,426
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-uniques · uniques · French

uniques · rank #10,426 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,426
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH tueurs

Nearest frequency peer: tueurs (-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 « uniques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « uniques » 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).

uniques vs unités
57% similar
uniques vs unies
71% similar
uniques vs unique
86% similar

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

Key facts for uniques
PropertyValue
Headworduniques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\y.nik\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,426
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « uniques »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tueurs » (#10,425), « véronique » (#10,427), « tristes » (#10,424). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « uniques » est au #10,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around uniques (IPA \y.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,426 among 456 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de unique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for uniques, with forms such as "nuiques", "uinques", and "uniqeus". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "unités", "unies", "unique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is uniques, spelled U-N-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de unique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle publiera chaque année deux volumes de textes, de format grand in-8, et une réimpression phototypographique de pièces rarissimes ou uniques.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nuiques
  • uinques
  • uniqeus
  • uniqques
  • uniquess
  • uniquse
  • uniuqes
  • unniques
  • unqiues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uniques - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

nuiques2uinques2uniqeus2uniqques1uniquess1uniquse2uniuqes2unniques1
Edit distance from "uniques"

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 "uniques"?
"uniques" is spelled U-N-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \y.nik\.
What does "uniques" mean?
As an adjective, "uniques" means: Pluriel de unique.
What words are commonly confused with "uniques"?
"uniques" is commonly confused with "unités", "unies", "unique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "uniques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uniques" is \y.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uniques" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list