ut

conj

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The verdict

“ut” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #39,908 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a conjunction.

#39,908
frequency rank, Portuguese
2
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - como

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ut vs uva
33% similar
ut vs UTI
0% similar
ut vs útil
25% similar

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

Key facts for ut
PropertyValue
Headwordut
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechConjunction
Letters2
Frequency rank#39,908
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ut” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ut lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ut is 2 letters long, classified as a conjunction. Corpus data places it at rank #39,908 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ut, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "uva", "UTI", "útil", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ut, spelled U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    como
  2. 2
    segundo, conforme
  3. 3
    a fim de que
  4. 4
    para; para que
  5. 5
    de tal modo que
  6. 6
    se bem que
  7. 7
    posto que; dado que
  8. 8
    ainda que
  9. 9
    desde que
  10. 10
    enquanto
  11. 11
    que não (antes de verbos que expressem receio = verba timendi)

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 "ut"?
"ut" is spelled U-T.
What does "ut" mean?
As a conjunction, "ut" means: como
What words are commonly confused with "ut"?
"ut" is commonly confused with "uva", "UTI", "útil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ut" come from?
"ut" 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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Using “ut”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “uva” - see the side-by-side comparison. ut vs uva
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list