puse

/[ˈpuse]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,523

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

puse is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de poner. Pronounced [ˈpuse]. It ranks #2,523 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with put and puta.

Key facts for puse
PropertyValue
Headwordpuse
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpuse]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,523
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of puse in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for puse is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpuse]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,523 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de poner.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for puse, with forms such as "ppuse", "psue", and "puce". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "put", "puta", "puso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is puse, spelled P-U-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de poner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ppuse,psue,puce,pusse,upse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for puse

Misspelling Variants of "puse"

ppuse5psue4puce4pusse5upse4
Misspelling Variants of "puse"

Frequency rank: #2,523 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puse"?
"puse" is spelled P-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpuse].
What does "puse" mean?
As a verb, "puse" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de poner.
What words are commonly confused with "puse"?
"puse" is commonly confused with "put", "puta", "puso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "puse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "puse" is [ˈpuse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "puse" come from?
"puse" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.