quebrada

/[keˈβ̞ɾað̞a]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,041

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

quebrada is aSpanishnoun. It means: Hondonada profunda sobre una montaña, de paredes abruptas, excavada por las aguas en el transcurso del tiempo o por acción tectónica, por cuyo fondo corre un riachuelo o arroyo al menos durante una... Pronounced [keˈβ̞ɾað̞a]. Often confused with querida and quemada.

Key facts for quebrada
PropertyValue
Headwordquebrada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[keˈβ̞ɾað̞a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,041
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quebrada in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quebrada is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [keˈβ̞ɾað̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,041 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for quebrada, with forms such as "qeubrada", "qquebrada", and "quberada". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "querida", "quemada", "quebrar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is quebrada, spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hondonada profunda sobre una montaña, de paredes abruptas, excavada por las aguas en el transcurso del tiempo o por acción tectónica, por cuyo fondo corre un riachuelo o arroyo al menos durante una parte del año.
  2. 2
    Río o arroyo que corre por una quebrada.
  3. 3
    Paso estrecho entre las montañas.
  4. 4
    Hoja de tabaco de superior calidad, pero agujereada.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeubrada,qquebrada,quberada,quebarda,quebbrada,quebraad,quebradda,quebrdaa,quebrrada,querbada,quevrada,uqebrada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quebrada

Misspelling Variants of "quebrada"

qeubrada8qquebrada9quberada8quebarda8quebbrada9quebraad8quebradda9quebrdaa8
Misspelling Variants of "quebrada"

Frequency rank: #12,041 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quebrada"?
"quebrada" is spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [keˈβ̞ɾað̞a].
What does "quebrada" mean?
As a noun, "quebrada" means: Hondonada profunda sobre una montaña, de paredes abruptas, excavada por las aguas en el transcurso del tiempo o por acción tectónica, por cuyo fondo corre un riachuelo o arroyo al menos durante una...
What words are commonly confused with "quebrada"?
"quebrada" is commonly confused with "querida", "quemada", "quebrar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quebrada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quebrada" is [keˈβ̞ɾað̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quebrada" come from?
"quebrada" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.