unir

\y.niʁ\

/\y.niʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“unir” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,802. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,802
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Joindre deux ou plusieurs choses ensemble.

Corpus desk

Index FR-unir · unir · French

unir · rank #10,802 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,802
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH tournées

Nearest frequency peer: tournées (-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 « unir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « unir » 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).

unir vs uns
50% similar
unir vs Uno
25% similar
unir vs UPR
0% similar

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

Key facts for unir
PropertyValue
Headwordunir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\y.niʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,802
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « unir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).unirse 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 « tournées » (#10,801), « value » (#10,803), « tord » (#10,800). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « unir » est au #10,802. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around unir (IPA \y.niʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,802 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for unir, with forms such as "nuir", "uinr", and "unirr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "uns", "Uno", "UPR", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is unir, spelled U-N-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Joindre deux ou plusieurs choses ensemble.
  2. 2
    Se dit figurément en parlant des personnes qui ont des liens entre elles.
  3. 3
    Rendre égal, ôter les inégalités, aplanir une surface raboteuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Unir deux tuyaux par leurs extrémités.
  2. Unir deux pièces de métal avec une soudure.

Synonyms

assemblerréunirsolidarisersouder

This word in other languages

unite(English)unir(Español)unir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nuir
  • uinr
  • unirr
  • unnir
  • unri

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unir - 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.

nuir2uinr2unirr1unnir1unri2
Edit distance from "unir"

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 "unir"?
"unir" is spelled U-N-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \y.niʁ\.
What does "unir" mean?
As a verb, "unir" means: Joindre deux ou plusieurs choses ensemble.
What words are commonly confused with "unir"?
"unir" is commonly confused with "uns", "Uno", "UPR". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "unir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unir" is \y.niʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unir" come from?
"unir" 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 "unir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tord#10,800abou#10,813ahah#10,818aout#10,822

Similar misspelling depth

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

accro5 variantsrime5 variantsobus5 variantsMoore5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list