yuso
[ˈʝuso]
The verdict
“yuso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,406 among 1,840 “Y” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,406
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,840
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Término en desuso sinónimo de abajo, muy utilizado antiguamente en términos geográficos para distinguir entre las tierras situadas en la parte alta (de suso) y las situada en la parte baja (de yuso).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yuso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈʝuso] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yuso” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yuso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,406 among 1,840 “Y” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈʝuso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Término en desuso sinónimo de abajo, muy utilizado antiguamente en términos geográficos para distinguir entre las tierras situadas en la parte alta (de suso) y las situada en la parte baja (de yuso).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for yuso, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is yuso, spelled Y-U-S-O.
Definition
- 1Término en desuso sinónimo de abajo, muy utilizado antiguamente en términos geográficos para distinguir entre las tierras situadas en la parte alta (de suso) y las situada en la parte baja (de yuso).
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 “yuso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Y-U-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʝuso] (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.