¿qué tal?
[ˈke ˈt̪al]
The verdict
“¿qué tal?” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se usa para saludar y preguntarle a otra persona acerca de cómo le está yendo o por novedades para contar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-que-tal · ¿qué tal? · Spanish
¿qué tal? · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "¿" 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 | ¿qué tal? |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈke ˈt̪al] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “¿qué tal?” en español
Rare enough to double-check
¿qué tal? is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈke ˈt̪al]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se usa para saludar y preguntarle a otra persona acerca de cómo le está yendo o por novedades para contar.".
¿qué tal? doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 ¿qué tal?, spelled ¿-Q-U-É- -T-A-L-?.
Definition
- 1Se usa para saludar y preguntarle a otra persona acerca de cómo le está yendo o por novedades para contar.
Synonyms
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.