¡qué asco!
[ˈke ˈasko]
The verdict
“¡qué asco!” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manera de expresarse ante un estímulo repugnante, asqueroso o desagradable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ¡qué asco! |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈke ˈasko] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “¡qué asco!” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ¡qué asco! is 10 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈke ˈasko]. 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: "Manera de expresarse ante un estímulo repugnante, asqueroso o desagradable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ¡qué asco!, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ¡qué asco!, spelled ¡-Q-U-É- -A-S-C-O-!.
Definition
- 1Manera de expresarse ante un estímulo repugnante, asqueroso o desagradable.
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 “¡qué asco!”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is ¡-Q-U-É- -A-S-C-O-! - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈke ˈasko] (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.