inquina

[ĩŋˈkina]

/[ĩŋˈkina]/ noun

The verdict

“inquina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,754 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,754
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Antipatía, aversión, rechazo, mala voluntad hacia algo o alguien.

Corpus desk

Index ES-inquina · inquina · Spanish

inquina · rank #73,754 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,754
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH inocuos

Nearest frequency peer: inocuos (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “inquina”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “inquina” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inquina
PropertyValue
Headwordinquina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩŋˈkina]
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,754
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “inquina” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).inquinacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “inocuos” (#73,752), “intentarían” (#73,756), “intercontinentales” (#73,757). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “inquina” va en #73,754. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inquina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,754 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ĩŋˈkina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Antipatía, aversión, rechazo, mala voluntad hacia algo o alguien.".

inquina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 inquina, spelled I-N-Q-U-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Antipatía, aversión, rechazo, mala voluntad hacia algo o alguien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how inquina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Muy poco tiempo había durado aquella insólita reconciliación. Y muy pronto había vuelto él a su cortés indiferencia y ella a su inquina.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inquina"?
"inquina" is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩŋˈkina].
What does "inquina" mean?
As a noun, "inquina" means: Antipatía, aversión, rechazo, mala voluntad hacia algo o alguien.
How do you pronounce "inquina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inquina" is [ĩŋˈkina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inquina" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list