usado

/u.ˈza.du/

//u.ˈza.du// adj

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The verdict

“usado” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,089
frequency rank, Portuguese
147
“U” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - particípio passado do verbo usar

Corpus desk

Index PT-usado · usado · Portuguese

usado · rank #1,089 · 5 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,089
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 147
  • PHOTO-FINISH ai

Nearest frequency peer: ai (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “usado”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “usado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

usado vs usar
60% similar
usado vs usa
60% similar
usado vs unido
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for usado
PropertyValue
Headwordusado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/u.ˈza.du/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,089
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “usado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.usadocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ai” (#1,090), “temporada” (#1,087), “beleza” (#1,091). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “usado” fica em #1,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around usado (IPA /u.ˈza.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,089 among 147 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "particípio passado do verbo usar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for usado, with forms such as "uasdo", "usaddo", and "usaod". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "usar", "usa", "unido", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Portuguese form is usado, spelled U-S-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    particípio passado do verbo usar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O cetro exposto na vitrine foi usado pelo rei D. João VI.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • uasdo
  • usaddo
  • usaod
  • usdao
  • ussado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of usado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

uasdo2usaddo1usaod2usdao2ussado1
Edit distance from "usado"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "usado"?
"usado" is spelled U-S-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /u.ˈza.du/.
What does "usado" mean?
As an adjective, "usado" means: particípio passado do verbo usar
What words are commonly confused with "usado"?
"usado" is commonly confused with "usar", "usa", "unido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "usado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usado" is /u.ˈza.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "usado" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

santo#1,085risco#1,084morto#1,096amiga#1,108

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

cabo5 variantsvive5 variantsbelo5 variantsdado5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list