tutelar
/ˈtjuːtələ/
"tutelar" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tutelar” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tutelar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtjuːtələ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tutelar” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tutelar is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtjuːtələ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tutelar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin tūtelāris, from tūtēla (“tutelage, guardianship; dependent, client”) + -āris (suffix used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to). The correct English form is tutelar, spelled T-U-T-E-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.
Etymology
From Latin tūtelāris, from tūtēla (“tutelage, guardianship; dependent, client”) + -āris (suffix used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tutelar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-U-T-E-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.