no hay de qué
[ˈno ˈaj ð̞e ˈke]
The verdict
“no hay de qué” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De nada. Se usa para responder a alguien que da las gracias.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | no hay de qué |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈno ˈaj ð̞e ˈke] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “no hay de qué” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for no hay de qué is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈno ˈaj ð̞e ˈke]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De nada. Se usa para responder a alguien que da las gracias.".
no hay de qué has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is no hay de qué, spelled N-O- -H-A-Y- -D-E- -Q-U-É.
Definition
- 1De nada. Se usa para responder a alguien que da las gracias.
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.
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Using “no hay de qué”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-O- -H-A-Y- -D-E- -Q-U-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈno ˈaj ð̞e ˈke] (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.