utters
/ˈʌtəz/
"utters" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“utters” is uncommon English (frequency #53,937 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,937
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unwanted depressions or other marks on the surface of an object caused when a tool is pressed too hard or vibrates against the surface.
Corpus desk
Index EN-utters · utters · English
utters · rank #53,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,937
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unrecorded
Nearest frequency peer: unrecorded (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “utters”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unfeasible
unfeasible
46,068 corpus weight
- unintellige…
unintelligent
46,067 corpus weight
- unrecorded
unrecorded
46,066 corpus weight
- utters
utters
46,064 corpus weight
- vena
vena
46,061 corpus weight
- Vladislav
Vladislav
46,060 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “utters” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | utters |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʌtəz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “utters” in English
Rare enough to double-check
utters is uncommon English at frequency #53,937 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʌtəz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unwanted depressions or other marks on the surface of an object caused when a tool is pressed too hard or vibrates against the surface.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for utters, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From utter + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs). The noun is imitative of the sound of a tool repeatedly striking the surface of an object. The correct English form is utters, spelled U-T-T-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Unwanted depressions or other marks on the surface of an object caused when a tool is pressed too hard or vibrates against the surface.
Etymology
From utter + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs). The noun is imitative of the sound of a tool repeatedly striking the surface of an object.
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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