quejido

[keˈxið̞o]

/[keˈxið̞o]/ noun

The verdict

“quejido” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,238 among 3,200 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,238
frequency rank, Spanish
3,200
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Voz que expresa dolor o pena y normalmente causa miedo y otros sentimientos al escucharlo. Se puede presentar en las personas o en los animales.

Key facts for quejido
PropertyValue
Headwordquejido
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[keˈxið̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,238
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “quejido” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). quejido lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quejido is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,238 among 3,200 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [keˈxið̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Voz que expresa dolor o pena y normalmente causa miedo y otros sentimientos al escucharlo. Se puede presentar en las personas o en los animales.".

quejido doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 quejido, spelled Q-U-E-J-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voz que expresa dolor o pena y normalmente causa miedo y otros sentimientos al escucharlo. Se puede presentar en las personas o en los animales.

This word in other languages

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 "quejido"?
"quejido" is spelled Q-U-E-J-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [keˈxið̞o].
What does "quejido" mean?
As a noun, "quejido" means: Voz que expresa dolor o pena y normalmente causa miedo y otros sentimientos al escucharlo. Se puede presentar en las personas o en los animales.
How do you pronounce "quejido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quejido" is [keˈxið̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quejido" come from?
"quejido" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “quejido”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-E-J-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [keˈxið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list