usaban

/[uˈsaβ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,218

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

usaban is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de usar. Pronounced [uˈsaβ̞ãn]. It ranks #9,218 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with usan and usada.

Key facts for usaban
PropertyValue
Headwordusaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[uˈsaβ̞ãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,218
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for usaban is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uˈsaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,218 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de usar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for usaban, with forms such as "suaban", "uasban", and "usaabn". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "usan", "usada", "usará", 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 usaban, spelled U-S-A-B-A-N, 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 plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de usar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: suaban,uasban,usaabn,usabann,usabban,usabna,usavan,usbaan,ussaban

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for usaban

Misspelling Variants of "usaban"

suaban6uasban6usaabn6usabann7usabban7usabna6usavan6usbaan6
Misspelling Variants of "usaban"

Frequency rank: #9,218 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "usaban"?
"usaban" is spelled U-S-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [uˈsaβ̞ãn].
What does "usaban" mean?
As a verb, "usaban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de usar.
What words are commonly confused with "usaban"?
"usaban" is commonly confused with "usan", "usada", "usará". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "usaban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usaban" is [uˈsaβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "usaban" come from?
"usaban" 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.