usurero
[usuˈɾeɾo]
The verdict
“usurero” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,990 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,990
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que se dedica a prestar dinero, bienes o servicios cobrando una cuota alta o intereses excesivos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-usurero · usurero · Spanish
usurero · rank #55,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,990
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH Urrea
Nearest frequency peer: Urrea (-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 “usurero”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tuca
tuca
44,016 corpus weight
- Urrea
Urrea
44,012 corpus weight
- usurero
usurero
44,011 corpus weight
- usurpadores
usurpadores
44,010 corpus weight
- vele
vele
44,007 corpus weight
- venoso
venoso
44,006 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “usurero” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | usurero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [usuˈɾeɾo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “usurero” en español
Rare enough to double-check
usurero is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,990 among 448 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [usuˈɾeɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
usurero doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is usurero, spelled U-S-U-R-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Persona que se dedica a prestar dinero, bienes o servicios cobrando una cuota alta o intereses excesivos.
- 2Persona que en cualquier negocio obtiene ganancias o beneficios desproporcionados.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how usurero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mi hermana recibía amenazas de parte de un usurero porque le debía
No hagas negocios con ese usurero que se aprovechará de ti.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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