queso
/ˈkeɪsoʊ/
"queso" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“queso” is uncommon English (frequency #51,339 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,339
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ellipsis of chile con queso: melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.
Corpus desk
Index EN-queso · queso · English
queso · rank #51,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,339
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH quays
Nearest frequency peer: quays (-1 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 “queso”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- purer
purer
48,668 corpus weight
- quays
quays
48,663 corpus weight
- queso
queso
48,662 corpus weight
- quinine
quinine
48,661 corpus weight
- quintus
quintus
48,660 corpus weight
- rapt
rapt
48,656 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “queso” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | queso |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkeɪsoʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “queso” in English
Rare enough to double-check
queso is uncommon English at frequency #51,339 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkeɪsoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ellipsis of chile con queso: melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for queso in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish queso, as found in Tex-Mex cuisine. Doublet of cheese. The correct English form is queso, spelled Q-U-E-S-O.
Definition
- 1Ellipsis of chile con queso: melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how queso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The day before, prepare the tortillas for the chalupitas and the quesos.
The ceviche is very good with just the right amount of spice; and quesos with chorizos and flour tortillas are a must.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish queso, as found in Tex-Mex cuisine. Doublet of cheese.
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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