quienes

/[ˈkjenes]/ pron

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#472

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

quienes is aSpanishpron. It means: Forma del plural de quien. Pronounced [ˈkjenes]. It ranks #472 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with quiere and quieres.

Key facts for quienes
PropertyValue
Headwordquienes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPron
IPA[ˈkjenes]
Letters7
Frequency rank#472
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quienes is 7 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkjenes]. Corpus data places it at rank #472 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de quien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for quienes, with forms such as "qiuenes", "qquienes", and "queines". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "quiere", "quieres", "quieren", 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 quienes, spelled Q-U-I-E-N-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de quien.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qiuenes,qquienes,queines,quieens,quieness,quiennes,quiense,quinees,uqienes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quienes

Misspelling Variants of "quienes"

qiuenes7qquienes8queines7quieens7quieness8quiennes8quiense7quinees7
Misspelling Variants of "quienes"

Frequency rank: #472 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quienes"?
"quienes" is spelled Q-U-I-E-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkjenes].
What does "quienes" mean?
As a pron, "quienes" means: Forma del plural de quien.
What words are commonly confused with "quienes"?
"quienes" is commonly confused with "quiere", "quieres", "quieren". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quienes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quienes" is [ˈkjenes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quienes" come from?
"quienes" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.