use
[ˈuse]
The verdict
“use” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,022) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #6,022
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de usar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-use · use · Spanish
use · rank #6,022 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,022
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH uh
Nearest frequency peer: uh (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “use”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tokio
Tokio
93,982 corpus weight
- tomamos
tomamos
93,981 corpus weight
- uh
uh
93,980 corpus weight
- use
use
93,979 corpus weight
- variable
variable
93,978 corpus weight
- verificar
verificar
93,977 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “use” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | use |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈuse] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “use” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for use is neighbouring look-alikes ("ut", "uso", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈuse]. Frequency #6,022 among 448 “U” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for use, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ut", "uso", "uva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is use, spelled U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de usar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de usar.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de usar.
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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- "use" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ut". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #6,022 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "U" letter cohort. U–Z browse
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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.