uta
[ˈut̪a]
The verdict
“uta” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #26,660) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #26,660
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Úlcera del rostro que se da comúnmente en los valles húmedos del Perú.
Corpus desk
Index ES-uta · uta · Spanish
uta · rank #26,660 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,660
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH ut
Nearest frequency peer: ut (-1 rank slots)
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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “uta”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- usarán
usarán
73,344 corpus weight
- ut
ut
73,342 corpus weight
- uta
uta
73,341 corpus weight
- variando
variando
73,340 corpus weight
- vencieron
vencieron
73,339 corpus weight
- venerable
venerable
73,338 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “uta” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈut̪a] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #26,660 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “uta”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for uta is neighbouring look-alikes ("uva", "uwu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈut̪a]. Frequency #26,660 among 448 “U” headwords. Gloss: "Úlcera del rostro que se da comúnmente en los valles húmedos del Perú.".
uta has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "uva", "uwu", "útil", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is uta, spelled U-T-A.
Definition
- 1Úlcera del rostro que se da comúnmente en los valles húmedos del Perú.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).