U.S. American
"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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | U.S. American |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “U.S. American” in English
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
- 1American (of or from the U.S.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how U.S. American appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her first novel ... is set in the U.S. American Midwest"
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.