útil

/[ˈut̪il]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,279

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

útil is anSpanishadj. It means: Que sirve a un efecto. Pronounced [ˈut̪il]. It ranks #2,279 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with útiles and ui.

Key facts for útil
PropertyValue
Headwordútil
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈut̪il]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,279
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of útil in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for útil is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈut̪il]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,279 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for útil, with forms such as "túil", "úitl", and "útill". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "útiles", "ui", "ut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is útil, spelled Ú-T-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que sirve a un efecto.
  2. 2
    Que da provecho o beneficio.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: túil,úitl,útill,útli,úttil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for útil

Misspelling Variants of "útil"

túil4úitl4útill5útli4úttil5
Misspelling Variants of "útil"

Frequency rank: #2,279 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "útil"?
"útil" is spelled Ú-T-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈut̪il].
What does "útil" mean?
As an adj, "útil" means: Que sirve a un efecto.
What words are commonly confused with "útil"?
"útil" is commonly confused with "útiles", "ui", "ut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "útil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "útil" is [ˈut̪il]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "útil" come from?
"útil" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter Ú in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.