quedar

/[keˈð̞aɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,587

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

quedar is aSpanishverb. It means: Estar, situarse o detenerse en un sitio de grado o por fuerza Pronounced [keˈð̞aɾ]. It ranks #1,587 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with quedó and quede.

Key facts for quedar
PropertyValue
Headwordquedar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[keˈð̞aɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,587
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quedar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [keˈð̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,587 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for quedar, with forms such as "qeudar", "qquedar", and "qudear". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "quedó", "quede", "queja", 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 quedar, spelled Q-U-E-D-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estar, situarse o detenerse en un sitio de grado o por fuerza
  2. 2
    Existir todavía o restar aún cierta parte o porción de algo
  3. 3
    Adquirir cierta reputación.
  4. 4
    Adquirir cierta cualidad o estado.
  5. 5
    Acordar algo.
  6. 6
    Programar una cita; elegir un lugar y una hora para un encuentro futuro.
  7. 7
    Encontrarse con alguien como consecuencia de haber hecho arreglos previos.
  8. 8
    Resultar.
  9. 9
    Dicho de un bien: ser rematado a favor de alguien.
  10. 10
    Cesar, finalizar.
  11. 11
    Reprobar o suspender una asignatura.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeudar,qquedar,qudear,queadr,quedarr,queddar,quedra,uqedar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quedar

Misspelling Variants of "quedar"

qeudar6qquedar7qudear6queadr6quedarr7queddar7quedra6uqedar6
Misspelling Variants of "quedar"

Frequency rank: #1,587 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quedar"?
"quedar" is spelled Q-U-E-D-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [keˈð̞aɾ].
What does "quedar" mean?
As a verb, "quedar" means: Estar, situarse o detenerse en un sitio de grado o por fuerza
What words are commonly confused with "quedar"?
"quedar" is commonly confused with "quedó", "quede", "queja". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quedar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quedar" is [keˈð̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quedar" come from?
"quedar" 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.