útil

adj

The verdict

“útil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-util · útil · French

útil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Ú" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for útil
PropertyValue
Headwordútil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « útil » en français

útilreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

útil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Utile.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for útil, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is útil, spelled Ú-T-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Com evident experiència mostra, la debilitat de la nostra memòria, sotsmetent fàcilment a oblivió no solament los actes per longitud de temps envellits, mas encara los actes frescs de nostres dies, és estat doncs molt condecent, útil e expedient deduir en escrit les gestes e històries antigues dels homens forts e virtuosos, com sien espills molt clars, ex…

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "útil"?
"útil" is spelled Ú-T-I-L.
What does "útil" mean?
As an adjective, "útil" means: Utile.
What language does "útil" come from?
"útil" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list