# until

> English word · Preposition · IPA /ʌnˈtɪl/ · frequency rank #223

## Definitions
1. Up to the time of (something happening); pending.
2. Up to (a certain place)
3. Before (a time).
4. To; physically towards.
5. Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.

## Etymology
From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto (see Modern English unto). By surface analysis, un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till.

## Easily confused with
- **unto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/until-vs-unto)
- **Unwin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/until-vs-unwin)
- **untold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/until-vs-untold)
- **unveil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/until-vs-unveil)
- **uni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uni-vs-until)
- **unit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unit-vs-until)
- **Unix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unix-vs-until)
- **univ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/univ-vs-until)
- **unfit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unfit-vs-until)
- **untied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/untied-vs-until)
- **untidy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/untidy-vs-until)

## Common misspellings (7)
`nutil`, `unitl`, `unntil`, `untill`, `untli`, `unttil`, `utnil`

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