unis
\y.ni\
The verdict
“unis” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #442
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de uni.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unis · unis · French
unis · rank #442 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #442
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH vidéo
Nearest frequency peer: vidéo (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “unis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sud
sud
99,562 corpus weight
- super
super
99,561 corpus weight
- unis
unis
99,559 corpus weight
- vidéo
vidéo
99,558 corpus weight
- amis
amis
99,557 corpus weight
- Art
Art
99,556 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unis” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | unis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \y.ni\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “unis” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around unis (IPA \y.ni\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #442 among 456 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de uni.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for unis, with forms such as "nuis", "uins", and "uniss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "uns", "ups", "Uno", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is unis, spelled U-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de uni.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’entacage n’a donc suppléé aux pointes que pour les velours unis que l’ouvrier ne pouvant faire que deux sassures par jour, n’est obligé de désentaquer qu’une fois ou deux.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuis
- uins
- uniss
- unnis
- unsi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unis - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "unis". Here's where to go from here.
- "unis" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "uns". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #442 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "U" letter cohort. U–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.