usina

[uˈsina]

/[uˈsina]/ noun

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The verdict

“usina” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,500. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,500
frequency rank, Spanish
448
“U” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recinto industrial de grandes dimensiones cuya producción se relaciona principalmente con la generación de energía eléctrica.

Corpus desk

Index ES-usina · usina · Spanish

usina · rank #44,500 · 6 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,500
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 448
  • PHOTO-FINISH usurpar

Nearest frequency peer: usurpar (+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 “usina”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “usina” 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).

usina vs usura
60% similar
usina vs using
80% similar
usina vs usa
60% similar

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

Key facts for usina
PropertyValue
Headwordusina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[uˈsina]
Letters5
Frequency rank#44,500
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “usina”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).usinacae 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 “usurpar” (#44,501), “unilaterales” (#44,498), “vacacionales” (#44,502). Entre 448 lemas con “U”, “usina” va en #44,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around usina (IPA [uˈsina]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,500 among 448 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Recinto industrial de grandes dimensiones cuya producción se relaciona principalmente con la generación de energía eléctrica.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for usina, with forms such as "suina", "ucina", and "uisna". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "usura", "using", "usa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is usina, spelled U-S-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recinto industrial de grandes dimensiones cuya producción se relaciona principalmente con la generación de energía eléctrica.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • suina
  • ucina
  • uisna
  • usinna
  • usnia
  • ussina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of usina - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

suina2ucina1uisna2usinna1usnia2ussina1
Edit distance from "usina"

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 "usina"?
"usina" is spelled U-S-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [uˈsina].
What does "usina" mean?
As a noun, "usina" means: Recinto industrial de grandes dimensiones cuya producción se relaciona principalmente con la generación de energía eléctrica.
What words are commonly confused with "usina"?
"usina" is commonly confused with "usura", "using", "usa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "usina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usina" is [uˈsina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "usina" come from?
"usina" 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 "usina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

yaqui#44,512stuff#44,465sogas#44,457avril#44,571

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

bayo6 variantsporoto6 variantscuajo6 variantsleían6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list