uni vs ut, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#18,214
“uni” frequency rank: #39,908
“ut” frequency rank: 58122
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	uni	ut
Definition	primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo unir	como

Letter map: uni vs ut

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

3 ch

uni

2 ch

Grammar separator: uni vs ut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: uni is averb and utaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

uni is recorded at frequency rank #18,214, classified as averb, pronounced /ʊ.ˈni/. 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 58122, this pair ranks #8,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of uni vs ut

Shared letters: u. Private to "uni": in. Private to "ut": t.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

"uni" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,214 in our Portuguese list, against #39,908 for "ut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "uni" 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 #8,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"uni" and "ut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ú vs ut". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #8,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.