Qom
[ˈkõm]
The verdict
“Qom” sits in 6 confusable pairs (corpus #49,881) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #49,881
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,200
- “Q” headwords
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad de Irán, capital de la provincia homónima
Corpus desk
Index ES-qom · Qom · Spanish
Qom · rank #49,881 · 0 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,881
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,200
- PHOTO-FINISH prusiano
Nearest frequency peer: prusiano (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Qom”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- promontorio
promontorio
50,123 corpus weight
- prontos
prontos
50,122 corpus weight
- prusiano
prusiano
50,121 corpus weight
- Qom
Qom
50,120 corpus weight
- quedáis
quedáis
50,118 corpus weight
- rajo
rajo
50,117 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Qom” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Qom |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkõm] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #49,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Qom” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Qom is neighbouring look-alikes ("Qu", "que", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈkõm]. Frequency #49,881 among 3,200 “Q” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Qom has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Qu", "que", "quo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Qom, spelled Q-O-M.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de Irán, capital de la provincia homónima
- 2Provincia del norte de Irán
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Qom", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.