usa

/[ˈusa]/ verb

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,074

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

usa is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de usar o de usarse. Pronounced [ˈusa]. It ranks #1,074 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ut and uso.

Key facts for usa
PropertyValue
Headwordusa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈusa]
Letters3
Frequency rank#1,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for usa is 3 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈusa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,074 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for usa in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ut", "uso", "use", 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 usa, spelled U-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de usar o de usarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de usar.

Frequency rank: #1,074 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "usa"?
"usa" is spelled U-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈusa].
What does "usa" mean?
As a verb, "usa" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de usar o de usarse.
What words are commonly confused with "usa"?
"usa" is commonly confused with "ut", "uso", "use". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "usa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usa" is [ˈusa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "usa" come from?
"usa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter U in our Spanish index:

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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.