Which to use
“una” is an article and “und” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,505
- “una” frequency rank
- #7,125
- “und” frequency rank
- 23630
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | una | und |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Un, une. | Et, concatène deux éléments dans une même relation. |
Letter map: una vs und
Shared letters muted; letters that set una and und apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for una / und
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: una is anarticle and undaconjunction. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “una” becomes d in “und”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
una is recorded at frequency rank #16,505, classified as anarticle. und is at rank #7,125, tagged as aconj, pronounced \ʊnt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 23630, this pair ranks #351,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of una vs und
Shared letters: nu. Private to "una": a. Private to "und": d.
"una" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "und" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "una" for "und" ever safe?
Frequency check: "una" vs "und" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "una" and "und".
- Full dictionary entry for "una" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "und" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #351,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "una" and "und" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ubu vs una". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #351,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.