quebrado

/[keˈβ̞ɾað̞o]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,059

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

quebrado is anSpanishadj. It means: Que ha entrado en bancarrota o quiebra. Pronounced [keˈβ̞ɾað̞o]. Often confused with quebró and querido.

Key facts for quebrado
PropertyValue
Headwordquebrado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[keˈβ̞ɾað̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,059
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quebrado is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [keˈβ̞ɾað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,059 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 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 quebrado, with forms such as "qeubrado", "qquebrado", and "quberado". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "quebró", "querido", "quedado", 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 quebrado, spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeubrado,qquebrado,quberado,quebardo,quebbrado,quebraddo,quebraod,quebrdao,quebrrado,querbado,quevrado,uqebrado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quebrado

Misspelling Variants of "quebrado"

qeubrado8qquebrado9quberado8quebardo8quebbrado9quebraddo9quebraod8quebrdao8
Misspelling Variants of "quebrado"

Frequency rank: #18,059 in Spanish

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 adj, "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?
"quebrado" 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.