quemar
[keˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“quemar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,659 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,659
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prender fuego y hacer que la cosa arda hasta consumirse total o parcialmente.
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 | quemar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [keˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quemar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for quemar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [keˈmaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,659 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 25 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for quemar, with forms such as "qeumar", "qquemar", and "queamr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "queme", "quemo", "quepa", 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 quemar, spelled Q-U-E-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Prender fuego y hacer que la cosa arda hasta consumirse total o parcialmente.
- 2Calentar en exceso alguna cosa.
- 3Producir una herida mediante el fuego, el sol o algún objeto que emane calor.
- 4Producir un ardor en la boca, el estómago u otro órgano interno un alimento o bebida muy caliente, picante o irritante.
- 5Producir una herida mediante sustancias químicas como un ácido o la cal viva.
- 6Echar a perder la comida por haberla cocido en exceso, en particular si parte de ella se ha carbonizado.
- 7Dañar a una planta el calor excesivo, como el del sol, o el frío, como con la escarcha.
- 8Dañar la ropa el exceso de detergente, cloro u otra sustancia química.
- 9Dañar la superficie de un objeto con una sustancia química, el fuego o una temperatura excesiva.
- 10Malgastar una cantidad de dinero o un bien, sin provecho alguno.
- 11Grabar un disco compacto.
- 12Consumir una sustancia orgánica, química o alguna forma de energía.
- 13Poner en evidencia, y por lo tanto volver inutilizable, a una persona que proporciona información secretamente.
- 14Producir el sol un fuerte enrojecimiento de la piel.
- 15Producir el sol un oscurecimiento de la piel.
- 16Proceder a la destilación alcohólica con un alambique.
- 17Vender algo muy por debajo de su valor.
- 18Colmar la paciencia de alguien.
- 19Estafar o engañar a una persona.
- 20Ser infiel en una relación amorosa.
- 21Herir a bala.
- 22Calificar como reprobado en un examen o asignatura.
- 23Hacer recaer la culpa en alguien.
- 24Calumniar o hablar mal de una persona.
- 25Dañar un artefacto eléctrico o fundir una bombilla o un fusible producto de un cortocircuito, fallas de voltaje o interrupciones del fluido eléctrico.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: qeumar,qquemar,queamr,quemarr,quemmar,quemra,qumear,uqemar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quemar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “quemar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-E-M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [keˈmaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “queme” - see the side-by-side comparison. quemar vs queme
- 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.