U.S.A.
\y.ɛs.a\
The verdict
“U.S.A.” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de USA. États-Unis d'Amérique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-u-s-a · U.S.A. · French
U.S.A. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | U.S.A. |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \y.ɛs.a\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
U.S.A. is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \y.ɛs.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de USA. États-Unis d'Amérique.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for U.S.A., and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is U.S.A., spelled U-.-S-.-A-..
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de USA. États-Unis d'Amérique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how U.S.A. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les syndicats n’hésitent pas à en appeler au gouvernement lorsque les importations (marché) détruisent l’industrie sidérurgique des U.S.A.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.