utilização
/u.tɨ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“utilização” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,500. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,500
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 345
- “U” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - uso, emprego de algo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | utilização |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /u.tɨ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “utilização” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around utilização (IPA /u.tɨ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,500 among 345 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "uso, emprego de algo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for utilização, with forms such as "tuilização", "uitlização", and "utiilzação". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is utilização, spelled U-T-I-L-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1uso, emprego de algo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: tuilização,uitlização,utiilzação,utiliazção,utilizaãço,utilizaçoã,utilizzação,utilizçaão,utillização,utilziação,utliização,uttilização
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of utilização - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “utilização”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-T-I-L-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /u.tɨ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.