quiera

/[ˈkjeɾa]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,122

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

quiera is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de querer. Pronounced [ˈkjeɾa]. It ranks #1,122 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with quizá and quita.

Key facts for quiera
PropertyValue
Headwordquiera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkjeɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,122
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quiera is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkjeɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,122 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for quiera, with forms such as "qiuera", "qquiera", and "queira". 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, "quizá", "quita", "quiero", 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 quiera, spelled Q-U-I-E-R-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 presente de subjuntivo de querer.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de querer.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de querer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qiuera,qquiera,queira,quiear,quierra,quirea,uqiera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quiera

Misspelling Variants of "quiera"

qiuera6qquiera7queira6quiear6quierra7quirea6uqiera6
Misspelling Variants of "quiera"

Frequency rank: #1,122 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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