quiebro
[ˈkjeβ̞ɾo]
The verdict
“quiebro” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,864 among 364 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,864
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ademán que se hace con el cuerpo, como quebrándolo por la cintura.
Corpus desk
Index ES-quiebro · quiebro · Spanish
quiebro · rank #74,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,864
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH quesadilla
Nearest frequency peer: quesadilla (-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 “quiebro”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- 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
- randa
randa
25,133 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “quiebro” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quiebro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkjeβ̞ɾo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “quiebro” en español
Rare enough to double-check
quiebro is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,864 among 364 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkjeβ̞ɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for quiebro in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is quiebro, spelled Q-U-I-E-B-R-O.
Definition
- 1Ademán que se hace con el cuerpo, como quebrándolo por la cintura.
- 2Adorno que consiste en acompañar una nota de otras muy ligeras, que suelen ser de una hasta cuatro, y que, indicando aparente indecisión en la nota así afectada, le dan, siendo oportunas, mucha dulzura y gracia.
- 3Lance o suerte con que el torero hurta el cuerpo al embestirle el toro.
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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