utopía

[ut̪oˈpia]

/[ut̪oˈpia]/ noun

The verdict

“utopía” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,374. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,374
frequency rank, Spanish
448
“U” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cualquier lugar, idea o proyecto, enormemente atractivo, ideal, pero inalcanzable.

Corpus desk

Index ES-utopia · utopía · Spanish

utopía · rank #13,374 · 7 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,374
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 448
  • PHOTO-FINISH ubicar

Nearest frequency peer: ubicar (-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 “utopía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “utopía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

utopía vs utópico
43% similar
utopía vs utópica
57% similar
utopía vs utopías
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for utopía
PropertyValue
Headwordutopía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ut̪oˈpia]
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,374
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “utopía”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).utopíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ubicar” (#13,373), “uvas” (#13,375), “tropicales” (#13,372). Entre 448 lemas con “U”, “utopía” va en #13,374. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around utopía (IPA [ut̪oˈpia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,374 among 448 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for utopía, with forms such as "tuopía", "uotpía", and "utopaí". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "utópico", "utópica", "utopías", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is utopía, spelled U-T-O-P-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquier lugar, idea o proyecto, enormemente atractivo, ideal, pero inalcanzable.
  2. 2
    Mundo idealizado y perfecto, normalmente en términos fantásticos o aparentemente irrealizables que suele presentarse como crítica o contraste respecto al momento histórico en el que se gesta.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how utopía appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lo de un preso por celda pasó a ser una utopía y la higiene la que se podía, no la que se debía (La Vanguardia 08/06/2004, vivir1.).

Antonyms

antiutopíacacotopíadistopía

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tuopía
  • uotpía
  • utopaí
  • utoppía
  • utoípa
  • utpoía
  • uttopía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of utopía - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

tuopía2uotpía2utopaí2utoppía1utoípa2utpoía2uttopía1
Edit distance from "utopía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "utopía"?
"utopía" is spelled U-T-O-P-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ut̪oˈpia].
What does "utopía" mean?
As a noun, "utopía" means: Cualquier lugar, idea o proyecto, enormemente atractivo, ideal, pero inalcanzable.
What words are commonly confused with "utopía"?
"utopía" is commonly confused with "utópico", "utópica", "utopías". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "utopía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "utopía" is [ut̪oˈpia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "utopía" come from?
"utopía" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "utopía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list