usar
[uˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“usar” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #649
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emplear algo con un fin determinado, servirse de un objeto para realizar una acción con él.
Corpus desk
Index ES-usar · usar · Spanish
usar · rank #649 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #649
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH u
Nearest frequency peer: u (-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 “usar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- plaza
plaza
99,355 corpus weight
- septiembre
septiembre
99,354 corpus weight
- u
u
99,353 corpus weight
- usar
usar
99,352 corpus weight
- valor
valor
99,351 corpus weight
- vivo
vivo
99,350 corpus weight
What this shows “usar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | usar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [uˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “usar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around usar (IPA [uˈsaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #649 among 448 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for usar, with forms such as "suar", "uasr", and "usarr". 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is usar, spelled U-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Emplear algo con un fin determinado, servirse de un objeto para realizar una acción con él.
- 2Hacer algo de forma habitual, tenerlo por costumbre.
- 3Tener puesto un adorno, objeto o prenda, de forma habitual.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how usar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¡Usa un martillo! (verbo transitivo).
Diciendo esto sacó un cortadillo y se preparó a escanciar corta porción del precioso licor, el cual era un coñac muy bueno que solía usar para combatir sus rebeldes dispepsias. Fortunata y Jacinta - Benito Pérez Galdós (verbo intransitivo).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- suar
- uasr
- usarr
- usra
- ussar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of usar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "usar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).