U.S. American

adj

"u-s-american" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“U.S. American” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - American (of or from the U.S.).

Corpus desk

Index EN-u-s-american · U.S. American · English

U.S. American · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for U.S. American
PropertyValue
HeadwordU.S. American
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “U.S. American” in English

U.S. Americansits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

U.S. American is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "American (of or from the U.S.).".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for U.S. American, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is U.S. American, spelled U-.-S-.- -A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    American (of or from the U.S.).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how U.S. American appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Her first novel ... is set in the U.S. American Midwest"
  2. To date, much of ICC research has been conducted by U.S. American scholars

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "U.S. American"?
"U.S. American" is spelled U-.-S-.- -A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N.
What does "U.S. American" mean?
As an adjective, "U.S. American" means: American (of or from the U.S.).
What language does "U.S. American" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list