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tutorial

tu·tor·i·al/ˌtjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/adjective, noun

tutorial is spelled T-U-T-O-R-I-A-L: 8 letters and 4 syllables (tu·tor·i·al). It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tutorial means “Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in tutorial?

Letters8: T-U-T-O-R-I-A-L
Syllables4: tu·tor·i·al
In writing6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is tutorial?

Tutorial appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce tutorial?

  • /ˌtjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/
  • [ˌtʰjʊu̯ˈtɔːɹɪəl]
  • /ˌt͡ʃuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/

Tutorial has 4 syllables, split tu·tor·i·al in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tutorial.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Jjamesryan-tutorial.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of tutorial

  • tutorials plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does tutorial mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.

noun

  1. 1

    A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.

  2. 2

    An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.

  3. 3

    A video or text guide or instruction about a specific topic (generally a how-to).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate tutorial?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of tutorial: tute.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Tutorial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Spanishtutorial (of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or…), tutoría (self-paced learning exercise), cursillo (interactive class taught by a tutor)
Frenchdidacticiel, tutoriel (self-paced learning exercise), TD (interactive class taught by a tutor)
GermanAnleitung, Übung, Tutorial, Tutorenkurs (self-paced learning exercise), Tutorium (interactive class taught by a tutor)
Portuguesetutorial (computing: video that is basically a how-to)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does tutorial come from?

The adjective is from tutor (noun) + -ial, ultimately from Latin tūtor (“watcher, protector, defender”). The noun is transferred from the adjective.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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