uzi

/[ˈusi]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#73,254

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

uzi is aSpanishnoun. It means: Subfusil compacto que tiene un calibre de 9 milímetros con munición alojada en la empuñadura del arma. Pronounced [ˈusi].

Key facts for uzi
PropertyValue
Headworduzi
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈusi]
Letters3
Frequency rank#73,254
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for uzi is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈusi]. Corpus data places it at rank #73,254 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Subfusil compacto que tiene un calibre de 9 milímetros con munición alojada en la empuñadura del arma.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for uzi in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 uzi, spelled U-Z-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Subfusil compacto que tiene un calibre de 9 milímetros con munición alojada en la empuñadura del arma.

Frequency rank: #73,254 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "uzi"?
"uzi" is spelled U-Z-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈusi].
What does "uzi" mean?
As a noun, "uzi" means: Subfusil compacto que tiene un calibre de 9 milímetros con munición alojada en la empuñadura del arma.
How do you pronounce "uzi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uzi" is [ˈusi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uzi" come from?
"uzi" 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.