until

/ənˈtɪl/

//ənˈtɪl// conj

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The verdict

“until” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,813
frequency rank, Portuguese
147
“U” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - até o tempo em que

Corpus desk

Index PT-until · until · Portuguese

until · rank #28,813 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,813
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 147
  • PHOTO-FINISH triangular

Nearest frequency peer: triangular (-6 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 “until”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “until” 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).

until vs UTI
0% similar
until vs útil
60% similar
until vs uni
60% similar

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

Key facts for until
PropertyValue
Headworduntil
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechConjunction
IPA/ənˈtɪl/
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,813
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “until”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).untilcai 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 “triangular” (#28,807), “Tod” (#28,804), “voting” (#28,827). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “until” fica em #28,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around until (IPA /ənˈtɪl/), aconjunction. Corpus frequency is #28,813 among 147 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for until, with forms such as "nutil", "unitl", and "unntil". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "UTI", "útil", "uni", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 until, spelled U-N-T-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    até o tempo em que
  2. 2
    antes que

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. I'll do this until you tell me to stop.
  2. The cavalry did not arrive until the situation had already been cleared.

Synonyms

till

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nutil
  • unitl
  • unntil
  • untill
  • untli
  • unttil
  • utnil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nutil2unitl2unntil1untill1untli2unttil1utnil2
Edit distance from "until"

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 "until"?
"until" is spelled U-N-T-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ənˈtɪl/.
What does "until" mean?
As a conjunction, "until" means: até o tempo em que
What words are commonly confused with "until"?
"until" is commonly confused with "UTI", "útil", "uni". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "until"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "until" is /ənˈtɪl/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "until" come from?
"until" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sarau#28,772revés#28,766reach#28,744quiçá#28,739

Similar misspelling depth

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

dardo7 variantsnovel7 variantsdoing7 variantsmodem7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list