quejar
[keˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“quejar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,952
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Expresar una persona un dolor físico o moral con palabras o gritos
Corpus desk
Index ES-quejar · quejar · Spanish
quejar · rank #18,952 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,952
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH pétalos
Nearest frequency peer: pétalos (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “quejar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- prometedor
prometedor
81,052 corpus weight
- propusieron
propusieron
81,051 corpus weight
- pétalos
pétalos
81,050 corpus weight
- quejar
quejar
81,049 corpus weight
- rabino
rabino
81,046 corpus weight
- rascacielos
rascacielos
81,045 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “quejar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quejar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [keˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quejar” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around quejar (IPA [keˈxaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,952 among 364 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for quejar, with forms such as "qeujar", "qquejar", and "queajr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "quema", "quejó", "quepa", 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 quejar, spelled Q-U-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Expresar una persona un dolor físico o moral con palabras o gritos
- 2Expresar disgusto, descontento o disconformidad con una persona o una cosa
- 3Presentar una querella contra una persona
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quejar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien les pareció, a los que escuchado habían, la canción de Grisóstomo, puesto que el que la leyó dijo que no le parecía que conformaba con la relación que él había oído del recato y bondad de Marcela, porque en ella se quejaba Grisóstomo de celos, sospechas y de ausencia, todo en perjuicio del buen crédito y buena fama de Marcela.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qeujar
- qquejar
- queajr
- quejarr
- quejjar
- quejra
- qujear
- uqejar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quejar - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quejar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.