quark
[ˈkwaɾk]
The verdict
“quark” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,089 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,089
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grafía anticuada de cuark (ambas etimologías).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quark |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkwaɾk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quark” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for quark is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkwaɾk]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,089 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Grafía 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.
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Using “quark”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-A-R-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkwaɾk] (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.