uttermost
/ˈʌtəməʊst/
"uttermost" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uttermost” is an uncommon English word, ranked #80,089 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #80,089
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - superlative form of utter: most utter; situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uttermost |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈʌtəməʊst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “uttermost” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for uttermost is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʌtəməʊst/. Corpus data places it at rank #80,089 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "superlative form of utter: most utter; situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.".
Zero misspellings are on record for uttermost in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English, alteration of uttermest. Compare inmost and innermost. The correct English form is uttermost, spelled U-T-T-E-R-M-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1superlative form of utter: most utter; situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.
Etymology
From Middle English, alteration of uttermest. Compare inmost and innermost.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “uttermost”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-T-T-E-R-M-O-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈʌtəməʊst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.