Quechua
/ˈkɛt͡ʃwə/
"quechua" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Quechua” is uncommon English (frequency #55,670 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,670
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quechua · Quechua · English
Quechua · rank #55,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,670
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH pupper
Nearest frequency peer: pupper (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Quechua”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- prideful
prideful
44,335 corpus weight
- psychometric
psychometric
44,334 corpus weight
- pupper
pupper
44,333 corpus weight
- Quechua
Quechua
44,331 corpus weight
- querying
querying
44,329 corpus weight
- Raghu
Raghu
44,327 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Quechua” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quechua |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɛt͡ʃwə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Quechua” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Quechua is uncommon English at frequency #55,670 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɛt͡ʃwə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Quechua in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Spanish, from Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”). The correct English form is Quechua, spelled Q-U-E-C-H-U-A.
Definition
- 1A member of one of several South American ethnic groups that spans Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, northern Chile, and in Ecuador and southern Colombia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Quechua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Quechuas, a tribe of the Inca people, were Indians of the red race and with an appearance and trait which is distinctly American. “They are”, says Victor W. Von Hagen in his book, Realm of the Incas, “of medium height, and inclined to be thickset, with large hands, small wrists, a disproportionately large chest (developed for breathing at high altitud…
Etymology
Spanish, from Quechua qhichwa (literally “temperate valley”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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