unissait

\y.ni.sɛ\

/\y.ni.sɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“unissait” is uncommon French (frequency #61,212 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,212
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de unir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-unissait · unissait · French

unissait · rank #61,212 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,212
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH urinoirs

Nearest frequency peer: urinoirs (+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 « unissait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « unissait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unissait
PropertyValue
Headwordunissait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\y.ni.sɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,212
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « unissait » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.unissaittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « urinoirs » (#61,213), « térébenthine » (#61,209), « vaincrons » (#61,215). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « unissait » est au #61,212. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unissait is uncommon French at frequency #61,212 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \y.ni.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de unir.".

Zero misspellings are on record for unissait in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is unissait, spelled U-N-I-S-S-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de unir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dès que le pasteur Vincent eut terminé son office, et prodigué tous les vœux de longévité au saint nœud qui nous unissait désormais, nous dûmes bisoter l’assistance toute entière, ce qui nous prit une petite heure.

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 "unissait"?
"unissait" is spelled U-N-I-S-S-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \y.ni.sɛ\.
What does "unissait" mean?
As a verb, "unissait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de unir.
How do you pronounce "unissait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unissait" is \y.ni.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unissait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list