# unto

> English word · Conjunction · IPA /ˈʌntʊ/ · frequency rank #7,633

## Definitions
1. Up to the time or degree that; until.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + to. Cognate with Old Frisian ont to ("until"; > Saterland Frisian antou (“until”)) (cf. Old Frisian und (“up to; till”), Old Frisian til (“till; to”)), Old Saxon untō, untuo (“until”), Old High German unze, unzi, unza (“until”), Old Norse und (“as far as; up to”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 (untē, “until; as long as”).

## Easily confused with
- **UT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-ut)
- **UO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-uo)
- **UTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-utc)
- **UST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-ust)
- **ute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-ute)
- **utd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-utd)
- **USO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-uso)
- **uta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-uta)
- **Upton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-upton)
- **untold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unto-vs-untold)
- **und** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/und-vs-unto)
- **uni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uni-vs-unto)
- **UFO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ufo-vs-unto)
- **Una** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/una-vs-unto)
- **unc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unc-vs-unto)
- **uno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uno-vs-unto)
- **unit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unit-vs-unto)
- **undo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/undo-vs-unto)
- **Unix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unix-vs-unto)
- **univ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/univ-vs-unto)

## Common misspellings (5)
`nuto`, `unnto`, `unot`, `untto`, `utno`

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