quark

[ˈkwaɾk]

/[ˈkwaɾk]/ noun

The verdict

“quark” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,089 among 364 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,089
frequency rank, Spanish
364
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grafía anticuada de cuark (ambas etimologías).

Corpus desk

Index ES-quark · quark · Spanish

quark · rank #61,089 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,089
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 364
  • PHOTO-FINISH pórticos

Nearest frequency peer: pórticos (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “quark”

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 “quark” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quark
PropertyValue
Headwordquark
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkwaɾk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,089
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “quark” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).quarkcae 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: “pórticos” (#61,088), “quebranto” (#61,090), “Pánuco” (#61,087). Entre 364 lemas con “Q”, “quark” va en #61,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quark is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,089 among 364 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkwaɾk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grafía anticuada de cuark (ambas etimologías).".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quark, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is quark, spelled Q-U-A-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grafía anticuada de cuark (ambas etimologías).

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 "quark"?
"quark" is spelled Q-U-A-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkwaɾk].
What does "quark" mean?
As a noun, "quark" means: Grafía anticuada de cuark (ambas etimologías).
How do you pronounce "quark"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quark" is [ˈkwaɾk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quark" come from?
"quark" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list