por qué
[poɾ ˈke]
The verdict
“por qué” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pregunta por la razón, motivo, origen o causa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-por-que · por qué · Spanish
por qué · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | por qué |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [poɾ ˈke] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “por qué” en español
Rare enough to double-check
por qué is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [poɾ ˈke]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pregunta por la razón, motivo, origen o causa.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for por qué in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is por qué, spelled P-O-R- -Q-U-É.
Definition
- 1Pregunta por la razón, motivo, origen o causa.
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.