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util

/ˈjuːˌtɪl/noun

util is spelled U-T-I-L: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, util means “A hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of util is utils or utils..

How many letters and syllables are in util?

Letters4: U-T-I-L
In writingabout once in every 10 million words; the 94,827th 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 util?

Util appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th 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 util?

  • /ˈjuːˌtɪl/

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

Forms of util

  • utils plural
  • utils. plural

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

What does util mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.

  2. 2

    informalA utility.

    Where can I download free disk utils?

  3. 3

    Utilities.

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

Where does util come from?

Clipping of utility.

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

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