use

/[ˈuse]/ verb

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,022

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

use is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de usar. Pronounced [ˈuse]. It ranks #6,022 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ut and uso.

Key facts for use
PropertyValue
Headworduse
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈuse]
Letters3
Frequency rank#6,022
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for use is 3 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈuse]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,022 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for use in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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.

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 use, spelled U-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de usar.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de usar.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de usar.

Frequency rank: #6,022 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "use"?
"use" is spelled U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuse].
What does "use" mean?
As a verb, "use" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de usar.
What words are commonly confused with "use"?
"use" is commonly confused with "ut", "uso", "uva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "use"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "use" is [ˈuse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "use" come from?
"use" 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.