Uno

\u.no\

/\u.no\/ name

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The verdict

“Uno” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #20,307) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#20,307
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu de cartes édité par Mattel se jouant avec des cartes spéciales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-uno · Uno · French

Uno · rank #20,307 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,307
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH télécoms

Nearest frequency peer: télécoms (-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 “Uno”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Uno” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

Uno vs up
0% similar
Uno vs UV
33% similar
Uno vs ut
0% similar

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

Key facts for Uno
PropertyValue
HeadwordUno
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\u.no\
Letters3
Frequency rank#20,307
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “Uno” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Unose 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 « télécoms » (#20,306), « usant » (#20,308), « ustensiles » (#20,309). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Uno is neighbouring look-alikes ("up", "UV", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced \u.no\. Frequency #20,307 among 456 “U” headwords. Gloss: "Jeu de cartes édité par Mattel se jouant avec des cartes spéciales.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Uno in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "up", "UV", "ut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Uno, spelled U-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeu de cartes édité par Mattel se jouant avec des cartes spéciales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Malgré ce succès « so french », le top des jeux les plus vendus reste marqué par les mêmes titres depuis des décennies : Monopoly, Scrabble, Cluedo, Uno…
  2. Grand classique des jeux de cartes, le Uno s’adapte aux petits comme aux grands.

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 "Uno"?
"Uno" is spelled U-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is \u.no\.
What does "Uno" mean?
As a proper noun, "Uno" means: Jeu de cartes édité par Mattel se jouant avec des cartes spéciales.
What words are commonly confused with "Uno"?
"Uno" is commonly confused with "up", "UV", "ut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Uno"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Uno" is \u.no\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Uno" come from?
"Uno" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

saq#20,278any#20,349APR#20,352aut#20,365

What to do next

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  • "Uno" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "up". View pair
  • Usage frequency rank #20,307 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list