Utah
/ˈjuːˌtɑː/noun
Utah is spelled U-T-A-H: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Utah means “Synonym of Ute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Utah is Utahs.
How many letters and syllables are in Utah?
| Letters | 4: U-T-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Utah?
Utah appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 Utah?
- /ˈjuːˌtɑː/
- /ˈjuːˌtɔː/
Utah has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Utah.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Utah
- Utahs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Utah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of Ute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Utah come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Yuta, of Pueblo and/or Apache origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).