quesadilla
[kesaˈð̞iʝa]
The verdict
“quesadilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,863 among 364 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,863
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cierto género de pastel, compuesto de queso y masa que se hace regularmente por carnestolendas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-quesadilla · quesadilla · Spanish
quesadilla · rank #74,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,863
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH queridísima
Nearest frequency peer: queridísima (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “quesadilla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- quatre
quatre
25,142 corpus weight
- quebrantami…
quebrantamiento
25,141 corpus weight
- queridísima
queridísima
25,139 corpus weight
- quesadilla
quesadilla
25,138 corpus weight
- quiebro
quiebro
25,137 corpus weight
- quincenas
quincenas
25,136 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “quesadilla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quesadilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kesaˈð̞iʝa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “quesadilla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
quesadilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,863 among 364 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kesaˈð̞iʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quesadilla, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is quesadilla, spelled Q-U-E-S-A-D-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Cierto género de pastel, compuesto de queso y masa que se hace regularmente por carnestolendas.
- 2Cierta especie de dulce, hecho a modo de pastelillo, relleno de almíbar, conserva u otra cosa.
- 3Tortilla de harina de trigo o de maíz que se dobla por la mitad cubriendo queso u otros alimentos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quesadilla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El autor recuerda que en México "hay un debate sobre si la quesadilla lleva o no queso, es claro que el nombre lo indica y solo un estado de 32 de la República está a favor de que no lleva queso".
This word in other languages
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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