quema

/[ˈkema]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,348

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

quema is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de quemar. Pronounced [ˈkema]. It ranks #6,348 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Quim and quizá.

Key facts for quema
PropertyValue
Headwordquema
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkema]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,348
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quema is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkema]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,348 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for quema, with forms such as "qeuma", "qquema", and "queam". 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, "Quim", "quizá", "queso", 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 quema, spelled Q-U-E-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de quemar.
  2. 2
    Combustión completa de los residuos o materia orgánica hasta su conversión en cenizas.
  3. 3
    Lugar destinado para la quema.
  4. 4
    Situación económica desastrosa.
  5. 5
    En el juego de las canicas, acción de darle con una canica propia a una del contrario y sacarla fuera del área de juego, sumando puntos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeuma,qquema,queam,quemma,qumea,uqema

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quema

Misspelling Variants of "quema"

qeuma5qquema6queam5quemma6qumea5uqema5
Misspelling Variants of "quema"

Frequency rank: #6,348 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quema"?
"quema" is spelled Q-U-E-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkema].
What does "quema" mean?
As a noun, "quema" means: Acción o efecto de quemar.
What words are commonly confused with "quema"?
"quema" is commonly confused with "Quim", "quizá", "queso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quema"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quema" is [ˈkema]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quema" come from?
"quema" 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.