quemen

/[ˈkemẽn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,898

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

quemen is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de quemar o de quemarse. Pronounced [ˈkemẽn]. Often confused with quién and quemo.

Key facts for quemen
PropertyValue
Headwordquemen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkemẽn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,898
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quemen is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkemẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,898 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 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 quemen, with forms such as "qeumen", "qquemen", and "queemn". 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, "quién", "quemo", "querer", 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 quemen, spelled Q-U-E-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de quemar o de quemarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de quemar o del imperativo negativo de quemarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeumen,qquemen,queemn,quemenn,quemmen,quemne,qumeen,uqemen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quemen

Misspelling Variants of "quemen"

qeumen6qquemen7queemn6quemenn7quemmen7quemne6qumeen6uqemen6
Misspelling Variants of "quemen"

Frequency rank: #28,898 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quemen"?
"quemen" is spelled Q-U-E-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkemẽn].
What does "quemen" mean?
As a verb, "quemen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de quemar o de quemarse.
What words are commonly confused with "quemen"?
"quemen" is commonly confused with "quién", "quemo", "querer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quemen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quemen" is [ˈkemẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quemen" come from?
"quemen" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby 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.