ut

conj

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,908

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ut is aPortugueseconj. It means: como Often confused with uva and UTI.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ut in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ut is 2 letters long, classified as aconj. 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ut in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is ut, spelled U-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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)

Frequency rank: #39,908 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ut"?
"ut" is spelled U-T.
What does "ut" mean?
As a conj, "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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter U in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.