sutil
The verdict
“sutil” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,356 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #11,356
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - subtil
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 | sutil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sutil” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sutil is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #11,356 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1subtil
- 2delgado
- 3refinado
- 4muito miúdo; quase impalpável
- 5feito com delicadeza
- 6que movimenta-se sem fazer rumor
- 7feito com prima arte e delicadeza
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “sutil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-U-T-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “sítio” - see the side-by-side comparison. sutil vs sítio
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.