univers

\y.ni.vɛʁ\

/\y.ni.vɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“univers” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,612
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le monde entier, l’ensemble de tout ce qui existe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-univers · univers · French

univers · rank #1,612 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,612
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH venez

Nearest frequency peer: venez (+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 « univers »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « univers » 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).

univers vs universe
88% similar
univers vs universel
78% similar
univers vs universal
78% similar

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

Key facts for univers
PropertyValue
Headwordunivers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\y.ni.vɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,612
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « univers »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « venez » (#1,613), « sympa » (#1,610), « vice » (#1,614). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « univers » est au #1,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around univers (IPA \y.ni.vɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,612 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for univers, with forms such as "nuivers", "uinvers", and "unievrs". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "universe", "universel", "universal", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is univers, spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Le monde entier, l’ensemble de tout ce qui existe.
  2. 2
    Notre galaxie, la Voie lactée, et par extension toute autre galaxie.
  3. 3
    Ensemble du globe terrestre.
  4. 4
    Ensemble des habitants de la planète.
  5. 5
    Ensemble de ce qui constitue le monde des personnages dans une œuvre de fiction.
  6. 6
    Groupe organisé formé d’une multitude d’êtres.
  7. 7
    Ensemble de personnes considérées dans leur environnement (matériel, psychologique, social, moral) et constituant une communauté à part.
  8. 8
    Ensemble de personnes formant un groupe social, un milieu particulier.
  9. 9
    Ce qui embrasse un champ d’activité, un domaine artistique, intellectuel, psychologique, moral, ou la croyance dans une technologie.
  10. 10
    Système, ensemble d’objets abstraits formant un tout harmonieusement organisé.
  11. 11
    Ensemble des issues possibles, résultats d’une expérience aléatoire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La prière, c’est […] une sorte de tapage doublé de flagornerie. Ainsi en jugent […] les rationalistes qui affirment que rien n’est aussi absurde que de s’adresser à un Dieu immuable pour lui demander de bouleverser les lois de son univers en notre faveur.
  2. Rôde-t-il de par l’univers je ne sais quel dieu de la malédiction et du carnage ayant pouvoir à de certaines heures d’arracher de la vie les fils aînés de la famille humaine taillés pour lui faire obstacle?

Synonyms

cosmosespacemondegalaxieunivers-îlemacrocosme

Antonyms

microcosmenéant

This word in other languages

universe(English)universo(Español)Universum(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nuivers
  • uinvers
  • unievrs
  • univerrs
  • universs
  • univesr
  • univres
  • univvers
  • unnivers
  • unviers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nuivers2uinvers2unievrs2univerrs1universs1univesr2univres2univvers1
Edit distance from "univers"

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 "univers"?
"univers" is spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \y.ni.vɛʁ\.
What does "univers" mean?
As a noun, "univers" means: Le monde entier, l’ensemble de tout ce qui existe.
What words are commonly confused with "univers"?
"univers" is commonly confused with "universe", "universel", "universal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "univers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "univers" is \y.ni.vɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "univers" come from?
"univers" 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 "univers", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

docteur10 variantsmachine10 variantsrappeler10 variantscrédit10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list