sutil

adj

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The verdict

“sutil” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,356. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,356
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-sutil · sutil · Portuguese

sutil · rank #11,356 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,356
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sérvio

Nearest frequency peer: sérvio (+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 rank junto ao íman ortográfico “sutil”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “sutil” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

sutil vs sítio
60% similar
sutil vs subir
60% similar
sutil vs sumir
60% similar

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

Key facts for sutil
PropertyValue
Headwordsutil
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,356
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sutil”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sutilcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sérvio” (#11,357), “superação” (#11,354), “teatral” (#11,360). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sutil” fica em #11,356. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sutil, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,356 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sutil, with forms such as "ssutil", "stuil", and "suitl". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "sítio", "subir", "sumir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is sutil, spelled S-U-T-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    subtil
  2. 2
    delgado
  3. 3
    refinado
  4. 4
    muito miúdo; quase impalpável
  5. 5
    feito com delicadeza
  6. 6
    que movimenta-se sem fazer rumor
  7. 7
    feito com prima arte e delicadeza

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Obama resolveu fazer uma comemoração mais sutil, para não irritar os eleitores de Hillary.
  2. Érika Ikezili não deixa a dualidade de lado, mas a aplica de forma sutil na desconstrução do tradicional quimono japonês.

Synonyms

gráciltênuefinoetéreoprimoroso

This word in other languages

subtle(English)sutil(Español)subtil(Français)fein(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssutil
  • stuil
  • suitl
  • sutill
  • sutli
  • suttil
  • ustil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sutil - 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.

ssutil1stuil2suitl2sutill1sutli2suttil1ustil2
Edit distance from "sutil"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sutil"?
"sutil" is spelled S-U-T-I-L.
What does "sutil" mean?
As an adjective, "sutil" means: subtil
What words are commonly confused with "sutil"?
"sutil" is commonly confused with "sítio", "subir", "sumir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sutil" come from?
"sutil" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tenso#11,362terno#11,363pinta#11,325bosta#11,401

Similar misspelling depth

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

queixo7 variantscolor7 variantsferrar7 variantsfoste7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list