quejarse
[keˈxaɾse]
The verdict
“quejarse” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,880 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #9,880
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Expresar quejas o disconformidad sobre algo o alguien.
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 | quejarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [keˈxaɾse] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quejarse” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for quejarse is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [keˈxaɾse]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,880 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for quejarse, with forms such as "qeujarse", "qquejarse", and "queajrse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "quejas", "quemarse", "quejar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is quejarse, spelled Q-U-E-J-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Expresar quejas o disconformidad sobre algo o alguien.
- 2Manifestar con la voz un dolor o una pena.
- 3Presentar ante una autoridad una querella o reclamación oficial contra alguien por un delito o situación adversa.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: qeujarse,qquejarse,queajrse,quejarce,quejares,quejarrse,quejarsse,quejasre,quejjarse,quejrase,qujearse,uqejarse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quejarse - 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.
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Using “quejarse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-E-J-A-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [keˈxaɾse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “quejas” - see the side-by-side comparison. quejarse vs quejas
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.