usavam

//ʊ.ˈza.vɐ̃// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,123

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

usavam is aPortugueseverb. It means: terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo usar Pronounced /ʊ.ˈza.vɐ̃/. It ranks #9,123 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for usavam
PropertyValue
Headwordusavam
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ʊ.ˈza.vɐ̃/
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,123
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of usavam in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for usavam is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʊ.ˈza.vɐ̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,123 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo usar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for usavam, with forms such as "suavam", "uasvam", and "usaavm". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 Portuguese form is usavam, spelled U-S-A-V-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo usar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: suavam,uasvam,usaavm,usavamm,usavma,usavvam,ussavam,usvaam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for usavam

Misspelling Variants of "usavam"

suavam6uasvam6usaavm6usavamm7usavma6usavvam7ussavam7usvaam6
Misspelling Variants of "usavam"

Frequency rank: #9,123 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "usavam"?
"usavam" is spelled U-S-A-V-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ʊ.ˈza.vɐ̃/.
What does "usavam" mean?
As a verb, "usavam" means: terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo usar
What are common misspellings of "usavam"?
Common misspellings include "suavam", "uasvam", "usaavm", "usavamm", "usavma". The correct spelling is "usavam".
How do you pronounce "usavam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usavam" is /ʊ.ˈza.vɐ̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "usavam" come from?
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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.