útil
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | útil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « útil » en français
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
- 1Utile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how útil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.