útil
[ˈut̪il]
The verdict
“útil” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,279. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,279
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 16
- “Ú” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que sirve a un efecto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-util · útil · Spanish
útil · rank #2,279 · 5 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,279
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 16
- PHOTO-FINISH árboles
Nearest frequency peer: árboles (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “útil”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- África
África
97,725 corpus weight
- árbol
árbol
97,724 corpus weight
- árboles
árboles
97,723 corpus weight
- útil
útil
97,722 corpus weight
- autos
autos
97,720 corpus weight
- bancos
bancos
97,719 corpus weight
What this shows “útil” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | útil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈut̪il] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “útil”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around útil (IPA [ˈut̪il]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,279 among 16 “Ú” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for útil, with forms such as "túil", "úitl", and "útill". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "útiles", "ui", "ut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is útil, spelled Ú-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1Que sirve a un efecto.
- 2Que da provecho o beneficio.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- túil
- úitl
- útill
- útli
- úttil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of útil - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "útil", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).