Utah

[ˈjuːta]

/[ˈjuːta]/ name

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The verdict

“Utah” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,110. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,110
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bundesstaat im Westen der USA

Corpus desk

Index DE-utah · Utah · German

Utah · rank #27,110 · 5 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,110
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Uri

Nearest frequency peer: Uri (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Utah“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Utah“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

Utah vs Ute
50% similar
Utah vs UTC
25% similar
Utah vs Utz
50% similar

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

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Utah“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Utahliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Uri“ (#27,109), „VDI“ (#27,111), „Unterzahl“ (#27,108). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Utah“ bei #27,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Utah (IPA [ˈjuːta]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,110 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bundesstaat im Westen der USA".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Utah, with forms such as "tuah", "uath", and "utahh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Ute", "UTC", "Utz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Utah, spelled U-T-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bundesstaat im Westen der USA

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Hauptstadt von Utah ist Salt Lake City.
  2. In den US-Bundesstaaten Colorado, Utah und Wyoming haben viele Lifte in den zum Teil weit über 2000 Meter gelegenen Wintersportorten früher als geplant geöffnet.

Synonyms

Beehive State

This word in other languages

Utah(English)Utah(Español)Utah(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tuah
  • uath
  • utahh
  • utha
  • uttah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Utah - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

tuah2uath2utahh1utha2uttah1
Edit distance from "Utah"

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

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 proper noun, "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. 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Timm#27,088sung#27,077Sold#27,062SEPA#27,054

Similar misspelling depth

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

Sippe5 variantsBora5 variantsDoha5 variantsEgger5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list