quería

/[keˈɾia]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#777

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

quería is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de querer. Pronounced [keˈɾia]. It ranks #777 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Quero and quiera.

Key facts for quería
PropertyValue
Headwordquería
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[keˈɾia]
Letters6
Frequency rank#777
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quería is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [keˈɾia]. Corpus data places it at rank #777 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 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 quería, with forms such as "qeuría", "qquería", and "queraí". 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, "Quero", "quiera", "querrá", 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 quería, spelled Q-U-E-R-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de querer.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de querer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeuría,qquería,queraí,queíra,qureía,uqería

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quería

Misspelling Variants of "quería"

qeuría6qquería7queraí6queíra6qureía6uqería6
Misspelling Variants of "quería"

Frequency rank: #777 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quería"?
"quería" is spelled Q-U-E-R-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [keˈɾia].
What does "quería" mean?
As a verb, "quería" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de querer.
What words are commonly confused with "quería"?
"quería" is commonly confused with "Quero", "quiera", "querrá". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quería"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quería" is [keˈɾia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quería" come from?
"quería" 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

Other entries that begin with the letter Q in our Spanish index:

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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.