quebrado

Name: quebrado, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[keˈβ̞ɾað̞o]

/[keˈβ̞ɾað̞o]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“quebrado” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,059
frequency rank, Spanish: 364
“Q” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que ha entrado en bancarrota o quiebra.

Corpus desk

Index ES-quebrado · quebrado · Spanish

quebrado · rank #18,059 · 12 variants · 12 confusables

FREQ-MID #18,059
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 364
PHOTO-FINISH rain

Nearest frequency peer: rain (+2 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.

puerco

81,946
Pujol

81,945
quebrado

81,942
rain

81,940
ratificado

81,939
reaccionó

81,938

What this shows “quebrado” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

quebrado vs quebró

63% similar

quebrado vs querido

75% similar

quebrado vs quedado

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for quebrado
Property	Value
Headword	quebrado
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[keˈβ̞ɾað̞o]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#18,059
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	12
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “quebrado”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.quebradocae aquí:

#18,059

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “rain” (#18,061), “Pujol” (#18,056), “ratificado” (#18,062). Entre 364 lemas con “Q”, “quebrado” va en #18,059. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around quebrado (IPA [keˈβ̞ɾað̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,059 among 364 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for quebrado, with forms such as "qeubrado", "qquebrado", and "quberado". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "quebró", "querido", "quedado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is quebrado, spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-D-O.

Definition

1
Que ha entrado en bancarrota o quiebra.
2
Que padece quebradura o hernia.
3
Quebrantado, debilitado.
4
Dicho sobre un terreno: desigual, tortuoso y con altibajos.
5
Dicho de una persona: que no cortó su relación de noviazgo.
6
Tonto.
7
Verso quebrado.
8
Fracción, número racional.
9
Jorobado, que tiene una joroba en la espalda.

Synonyms

jorovadocorcovado tullidojibado

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

qeubrado
qquebrado
quberado
quebardo
quebbrado
quebraddo
quebraod
quebrdao
quebrrado
querbado
quevrado
uqebrado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quebrado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "quebrado"

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 "quebrado"?

"quebrado" is spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [keˈβ̞ɾað̞o].

What does "quebrado" mean?

As an adjective, "quebrado" means: Que ha entrado en bancarrota o quiebra.

What words are commonly confused with "quebrado"?

"quebrado" is commonly confused with "quebró", "querido", "quedado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "quebrado"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quebrado" is [keˈβ̞ɾað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "quebrado" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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