queso
[ˈkeso]
The verdict
“queso” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,948. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,948
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alimento obtenido al separar la parte sólida de la leche mediante la adición de cuajo, prensando o cociendo luego la pasta resultante y madurándola en un grado variable.
Corpus desk
Index ES-queso · queso · Spanish
queso · rank #2,948 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,948
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH puto
Nearest frequency peer: puto (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “queso”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- podrías
podrías
97,056 corpus weight
- posiblemente
posiblemente
97,055 corpus weight
- puto
puto
97,054 corpus weight
- queso
queso
97,053 corpus weight
- recorrido
recorrido
97,052 corpus weight
- religiosa
religiosa
97,050 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “queso” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | queso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkeso] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “queso” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around queso (IPA [ˈkeso]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,948 among 364 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for queso, with forms such as "qeuso", "qqueso", and "queos". 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, "quo", "quiso", "quise", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 queso, spelled Q-U-E-S-O.
Definition
- 1Alimento obtenido al separar la parte sólida de la leche mediante la adición de cuajo, prensando o cociendo luego la pasta resultante y madurándola en un grado variable.
- 2Pie de una persona.
- 3Deseo sexual vehemente.
- 4Persona torpe.
- 5Persona que estorba la comunicación en un grupo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qeuso
- qqueso
- queos
- quesso
- quseo
- uqeso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of queso - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "queso", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "queso". Here's where to go from here.
- "queso" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "quo". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,948 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "Q" letter cohort. Q–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.