UTC

/[ˌuːteːˈt͡seː]/ abbrev

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,815

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

UTC is anGermanabbrev. It means: Koordinierte Weltzeit; die Referenzzeit, von der die Ortszeiten in den verschiedenen Zeitzonen der Erde abgeleitet werden Pronounced [ˌuːteːˈt͡seː]. Often confused with UV and Uwe.

Key facts for UTC
PropertyValue
HeadwordUTC
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
IPA[ˌuːteːˈt͡seː]
Letters3
Frequency rank#21,815
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for UTC is 3 letters long, classified as anabbrev, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌuːteːˈt͡seː]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,815 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for UTC in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "UV", "Uwe", "Ute", 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 UTC, spelled U-T-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Koordinierte Weltzeit; die Referenzzeit, von der die Ortszeiten in den verschiedenen Zeitzonen der Erde abgeleitet werden
  2. 2
    Ein Komitee, das den technischen Inhalt des Unicode-Standards festlegt
  3. 3
    Eine US-amerikanische Firma
  4. 4
    Ein Endgerät eines Netzwerkes (Anwendung oder Computer), dessen Funktion rein die Anzeige von Daten ist

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #21,815 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "UTC"?
"UTC" is spelled U-T-C. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌuːteːˈt͡seː].
What does "UTC" mean?
As an abbrev, "UTC" means: Koordinierte Weltzeit; die Referenzzeit, von der die Ortszeiten in den verschiedenen Zeitzonen der Erde abgeleitet werden
What words are commonly confused with "UTC"?
"UTC" is commonly confused with "UV", "Uwe", "Ute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "UTC"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "UTC" is [ˌuːteːˈt͡seː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "UTC" come from?
"UTC" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.