# Utrecht

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈjuˌtɹɛkt/ · frequency rank #29,511

## Definitions
1. A city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands.
2. A province of the Netherlands.

## Etymology
From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (“out, outside”) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (“Crossing-on-the-Rhine”), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (“to cross, to send across”), from trāns- (“trans-: through, across”) + iacere (“to throw”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`turecht`, `urtecht`, `utercht`, `utrceht`, `utreccht`, `utrechht`, `utrechtt`, `utrecth`, `utrehct`, `utrrecht`, `uttrecht`

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