Querétaro

/[keˈɾet̪aɾo]/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,858

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Querétaro is aSpanishname. It means: Es uno de los 32 estados de México, ubicado en el centro del país, Limita al noreste con San Luis Potosí, al este con Hidalgo, al sur con el Estado de México y Michoacán, y hacia el oeste con Guana... Pronounced [keˈɾet̪aɾo]. It ranks #8,858 in Spanish word frequency.

Key facts for Querétaro
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuerétaro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[keˈɾet̪aɾo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,858
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Querétaro is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [keˈɾet̪aɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,858 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Querétaro, with forms such as "qeurétaro", "qquerétaro", and "querrétaro". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Querétaro, spelled Q-U-E-R-É-T-A-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Es uno de los 32 estados de México, ubicado en el centro del país, Limita al noreste con San Luis Potosí, al este con Hidalgo, al sur con el Estado de México y Michoacán, y hacia el oeste con Guanajuato. Su capital es la ciudad de Santiago de Querétaro conocida simplemente como Querétaro y su gentilicio es queretano.
  2. 2
    Ciudad de México, ciudad capital del estado de Querétaro, su nombre oficial es Ciudad de Santiago de Querétaro.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeurétaro,qquerétaro,querrétaro,quertéaro,queréatro,querétaor,querétarro,querétrao,queréttaro,queértaro,qureétaro,uqerétaro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Querétaro

Misspelling Variants of "Querétaro"

qeurétaro9qquerétaro10querrétaro10quertéaro9queréatro9querétaor9querétarro10querétrao9
Misspelling Variants of "Querétaro"

Frequency rank: #8,858 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Querétaro"?
"Querétaro" is spelled Q-U-E-R-É-T-A-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [keˈɾet̪aɾo].
What does "Querétaro" mean?
As a name, "Querétaro" means: Es uno de los 32 estados de México, ubicado en el centro del país, Limita al noreste con San Luis Potosí, al este con Hidalgo, al sur con el Estado de México y Michoacán, y hacia el oeste con Guana...
What are common misspellings of "Querétaro"?
Common misspellings include "qeurétaro", "qquerétaro", "querrétaro", "quertéaro", "queréatro". The correct spelling is "Querétaro".
How do you pronounce "Querétaro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Querétaro" is [keˈɾet̪aɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Querétaro" come from?
"Querétaro" 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.