uma vs ut, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“uma” is an article and “ut” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13
“uma” frequency rank: #39,908
“ut” frequency rank: 39921
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	uma	ut
Definition	feminino de um	como

Letter map: uma vs ut

Shared letters muted; letters that set uma and ut apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

uma

2 ch

Grammar separator: uma vs ut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: uma is anarticle and utaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39921, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

uma is recorded at frequency rank #13, classified as anarticle, pronounced /ˈu.mɐ/. ut is at rank #39,908, tagged as aconj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 39921, this pair ranks #26,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of uma vs ut

Shared letters: u. Private to "uma": am. Private to "ut": t.

"uma" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "ut" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "uma" and "ut" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "uma" is an article and "ut" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "uma" or "ut" show up more?

"uma" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13 in our Portuguese list, against #39,908 for "ut". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "uma" vs "ut" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "uma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #26,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"uma" and "ut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ú vs ut". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #26,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.