usté
[usˈt̪e]
The verdict
“usté” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,625 among 4,148 “U” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,625
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,148
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de usted.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | usté |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [usˈt̪e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “usté” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
usté is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,625 among 4,148 “U” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [usˈt̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de usted.".
usté doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is usté, spelled U-S-T-É.
Definition
- 1Variante de usted.
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 “usté”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-S-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [usˈt̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.