quelques
[kɛlk]
The verdict
“quelques” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,513 among 3,200 “Q” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,513
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,200
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Algunos, unos
Corpus desk
Index ES-quelques · quelques · Spanish
quelques · rank #94,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,513
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,200
- PHOTO-FINISH quebrantos
Nearest frequency peer: quebrantos (-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 “quelques”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pula
pula
5,494 corpus weight
- punitivos
punitivos
5,493 corpus weight
- puticlub
puticlub
5,492 corpus weight
- quebrantos
quebrantos
5,489 corpus weight
- quelques
quelques
5,488 corpus weight
- quitadas
quitadas
5,485 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “quelques” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quelques |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [kɛlk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quelques” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quelques is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,513 among 3,200 “Q” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [kɛlk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Algunos, unos".
No misspelling variants are generated for quelques in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is quelques, spelled Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Algunos, unos
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.