usan

[ˈusãn]

/[ˈusãn]/ verb

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The verdict

“usan” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,098
frequency rank, Spanish
448
“U” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de usar o de usarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-usan · usan · Spanish

usan · rank #2,098 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,098
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 448
  • PHOTO-FINISH torno

Nearest frequency peer: torno (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “usan”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “usan” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

usan vs uso
50% similar
usan vs use
50% similar
usan vs uva
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for usan
PropertyValue
Headwordusan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈusãn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,098
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “usan”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.usancae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “torno” (#2,097), “abre” (#2,099), “Tiro” (#2,096). Entre 448 lemas con “U”, “usan” va en #2,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around usan (IPA [ˈusãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,098 among 448 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de usar o de usarse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for usan, with forms such as "suan", "uasn", and "usann". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "uso", "use", "uva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is usan, spelled U-S-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de usar o de usarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • suan
  • uasn
  • usann
  • usna
  • ussan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of usan - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

suan2uasn2usann1usna2ussan1
Edit distance from "usan"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "usan"?
"usan" is spelled U-S-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈusãn].
What does "usan" mean?
As a verb, "usan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de usar o de usarse.
What words are commonly confused with "usan"?
"usan" is commonly confused with "uso", "use", "uva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "usan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usan" is [ˈusãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "usan" come from?
"usan" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "usan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abre#2,099Tiro#2,096cola#2,105daba#2,109

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

dueño5 variantsgato5 variantssuma5 variantstasa5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list