unit

noun

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The verdict

“unit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,488
frequency rank, Portuguese
147
“U” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unidade em seus vários sentidos:

Corpus desk

Index PT-unit · unit · Portuguese

unit · rank #24,488 · 5 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,488
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 147
  • PHOTO-FINISH versátil

Nearest frequency peer: versátil (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “unit”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “unit” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

unit vs ut
50% similar
unit vs uns
50% similar
unit vs uno
50% similar

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

Key facts for unit
PropertyValue
Headwordunit
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,488
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “unit”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).unitcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “versátil” (#24,489), “VIH” (#24,490), “vivenciar” (#24,492). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “unit” fica em #24,488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around unit, anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,488 among 147 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for unit, with forms such as "nuit", "uint", and "unitt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "ut", "uns", "uno", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is unit, spelled U-N-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    unidade em seus vários sentidos:
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  3. 3
    unidade em seus vários sentidos:
  4. 4
    unidade em seus vários sentidos:
  5. 5
    unidade em seus vários sentidos:
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    unidade em seus vários sentidos:
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    unidade em seus vários sentidos:
  8. 8
    unidade em seus vários sentidos:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The centimetre is a unit of length.
  2. He was a member of a special police unit.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nuit
  • uint
  • unitt
  • unnit
  • unti

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

nuit2uint2unitt1unnit1unti2
Edit distance from "unit"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unit"?
"unit" is spelled U-N-I-T.
What does "unit" mean?
As a noun, "unit" means: unidade em seus vários sentidos:
What words are commonly confused with "unit"?
"unit" is commonly confused with "ut", "uns", "uno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "unit" come from?
"unit" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tato#24,471Sven#24,467came#24,551gear#24,339

Similar misspelling depth

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

nexo5 variantsrule5 variantssela5 variantstape5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list