# dutiful

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #45,345

## Definitions
1. Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
2. Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.

## Etymology
From duty + -ful.

## Easily confused with
- **dutifully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dutiful-vs-dutifully)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddutiful`, `dtuiful`, `duitful`, `dutfiul`, `dutifful`, `dutiflu`, `dutifull`, `dutiufl`, `duttiful`, `udtiful`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dutiful