cuásar

[ˈkwasaɾ]

/[ˈkwasaɾ]/ noun

The verdict

“cuásar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Uno de los mas de mil objetos localizados fuera de nuestra galaxia, parecidos a estrellas pero con espectros con un gran corrimiento hacia el rojo por lo que se piensa que son objetos muy distantes...

Key facts for cuásar
PropertyValue
Headwordcuásar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkwasaɾ]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cuásar” sits in Spanish frequency

cuásar falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cuásar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkwasaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Uno de los mas de mil objetos localizados fuera de nuestra galaxia, parecidos a estrellas pero con espectros con un gran corrimiento hacia el rojo por lo que se piensa que son objetos muy distantes...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for cuásar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cuásar, spelled C-U-Á-S-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Uno de los mas de mil objetos localizados fuera de nuestra galaxia, parecidos a estrellas pero con espectros con un gran corrimiento hacia el rojo por lo que se piensa que son objetos muy distantes. Son fuente de grandes cantidades de energía electromagnética incluyendo luz. Algunos cuásares muestran cambios rápidos en su brillantes los hay que experimentan estos cambios en cuestión de horas. El consenso de los científicos es que los cuasares obtienen su energía mediante la absorción de materia por parte de agujeros negros super masivos alojados en el núcleo de galaxias distantes, no se ha encontrado otra explicación a la gran energía y rápida variabilidad de los cuásares.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuásar"?
"cuásar" is spelled C-U-Á-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkwasaɾ].
What does "cuásar" mean?
As a noun, "cuásar" means: Uno de los mas de mil objetos localizados fuera de nuestra galaxia, parecidos a estrellas pero con espectros con un gran corrimiento hacia el rojo por lo que se piensa que son objetos muy distantes...
How do you pronounce "cuásar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuásar" is [ˈkwasaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuásar" come from?
"cuásar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “cuásar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-Á-S-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈkwasaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list