excuse
[eksˈkuse]
The verdict
“excuse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,252 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,252
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de excusar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-excuse · excuse · Spanish
excuse · rank #59,252 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,252
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH excusarse
Nearest frequency peer: excusarse (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “excuse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- eunucos
eunucos
40,753 corpus weight
- everyone
everyone
40,752 corpus weight
- excusarse
excusarse
40,750 corpus weight
- excuse
excuse
40,749 corpus weight
- exigua
exigua
40,748 corpus weight
- expresos
expresos
40,745 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “excuse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excuse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eksˈkuse] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “excuse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
excuse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,252 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eksˈkuse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for excuse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is excuse, spelled E-X-C-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de excusar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de excusar.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de excusar.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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