unser

\ˈʊn.zɐ\

/\ˈʊn.zɐ\/ adj

The verdict

“unser” is uncommon French (frequency #67,951 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,951
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adjectif possessif utilisé pour la première personne du pluriel : notre, nos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-unser · unser · French

unser · rank #67,951 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,951
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH UNEDIC

Nearest frequency peer: UNEDIC (-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 « unser »

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 « unser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unser
PropertyValue
Headwordunser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈʊn.zɐ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,951
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « unser » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).unsertombe 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: « UNEDIC » (#67,950), « UHD » (#67,949), « ubb » (#67,948). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « unser » est au #67,951. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unser is uncommon French at frequency #67,951 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʊn.zɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Adjectif possessif utilisé pour la première personne du pluriel : notre, nos.".

unser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 unser, spelled U-N-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Adjectif possessif utilisé pour la première personne du pluriel : notre, nos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Morgen ist unser Hochzeitstag.
  2. (...) Anna, die als Teenager mit ihrer mühselig zusammengesparten Vespa so halsbrecherisch durch die Straßen unserer deutschen Heimatstadt kurvte, als schlängelte sie sich durch die engen Gassen Roms.

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 "unser"?
"unser" is spelled U-N-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈʊn.zɐ\.
What does "unser" mean?
As an adjective, "unser" means: Adjectif possessif utilisé pour la première personne du pluriel : notre, nos.
How do you pronounce "unser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unser" is \ˈʊn.zɐ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list