usted

[us'teð]

/[us'teð]/ pron

The verdict

“usted” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,719 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,719
frequency rank, Portuguese
147
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - você

Corpus desk

Index PT-usted · usted · Portuguese

usted · rank #54,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,719
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 147
  • PHOTO-FINISH vaidades

Nearest frequency peer: vaidades (+2 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “usted”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “usted” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for usted
PropertyValue
Headwordusted
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[us'teð]
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,719
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “usted” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).ustedcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “vaidades” (#54,721), “tricotar” (#54,712), “wrap” (#54,731). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “usted” fica em #54,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

usted is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,719 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [us'teð]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "você".

Zero misspellings are on record for usted in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is usted, spelled U-S-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    você

Synonyms

Ud.

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 "usted"?
"usted" is spelled U-S-T-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is [us'teð].
What does "usted" mean?
As a pronoun, "usted" means: você
How do you pronounce "usted"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usted" is [us'teð]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "usted" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list