USB
[ˈusβ̞]
The verdict
“USB” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,505 in Spanish word frequency and used as an abbreviation.
- #11,505
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estándar informático de transmisión de datos externo cuya clavija de entrada tiene forma rectangular y patillaje de cuatro contactos.
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 | USB |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈusβ̞] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #11,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “USB” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for USB is 3 letters long, classified as an abbreviation, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈusβ̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,505 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Estándar informático de transmisión de datos externo cuya clavija de entrada tiene forma rectangular y patillaje de cuatro contactos.".
USB doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ut", "uso", "use", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is USB, spelled U-S-B.
Definition
- 1Estándar informático de transmisión de datos externo cuya clavija de entrada tiene forma rectangular y patillaje de cuatro contactos.
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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Using “USB”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-S-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈusβ̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ut” - see the side-by-side comparison. USB vs ut
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.