Utah

/[ˈjuːta]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,110

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Utah is aGermanname. It means: Bundesstaat im Westen der USA Pronounced [ˈjuːta]. Often confused with Ute and UTC.

Key facts for Utah
PropertyValue
HeadwordUtah
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈjuːta]
Letters4
Frequency rank#27,110
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Utah in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Utah is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjuːta]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,110 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bundesstaat im Westen der USA".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Utah, with forms such as "tuah", "uath", and "utahh". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Ute", "UTC", "Utz", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Utah, spelled U-T-A-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bundesstaat im Westen der USA

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: tuah,uath,utahh,utha,uttah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Utah

Misspelling Variants of "Utah"

tuah4uath4utahh5utha4uttah5
Misspelling Variants of "Utah"

Frequency rank: #27,110 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Utah"?
"Utah" is spelled U-T-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjuːta].
What does "Utah" mean?
As a name, "Utah" means: Bundesstaat im Westen der USA
What words are commonly confused with "Utah"?
"Utah" is commonly confused with "Ute", "UTC", "Utz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Utah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Utah" is [ˈjuːta]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Utah" come from?
"Utah" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter U in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.