usté

[usˈt̪e]

/[usˈt̪e]/ pron

The verdict

“usté” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,625 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,625
frequency rank, Spanish
448
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de usted.

Corpus desk

Index ES-uste · usté · Spanish

usté · rank #50,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,625
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 448
  • PHOTO-FINISH UPC

Nearest frequency peer: UPC (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “usté”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “usté” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for usté
PropertyValue
Headwordusté
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[usˈt̪e]
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,625
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “usté” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.ustécae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “UPC” (#50,624), “vallado” (#50,627), “ungüento” (#50,622). Entre 448 lemas con “U”, “usté” va en #50,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

usté is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,625 among 448 “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

  1. 1
    Variante de usted.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how usté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Además de eso hace ya diez días y usté no ha dejado de recibir las cartas de su novia puntualmente. Ayer mismo tuvo usté noticias, ¿no?

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 "usté"?
"usté" is spelled U-S-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is [usˈt̪e].
What does "usté" mean?
As a pronoun, "usté" means: Variante de usted.
How do you pronounce "usté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usté" is [usˈt̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "usté" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "usté", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list