quijada
[kiˈxað̞a]
The verdict
“quijada” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,215. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,215
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada uno de los huesos en los que se alberga la dentadura de los vertebrados dentados, especialmente cuando es de gran tamaño, como la del caballo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-quijada · quijada · Spanish
quijada · rank #35,215 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,215
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH queje
Nearest frequency peer: queje (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “quijada”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- pudra
pudra
64,791 corpus weight
- puercos
puercos
64,790 corpus weight
- queje
queje
64,787 corpus weight
- quijada
quijada
64,786 corpus weight
- reafirmó
reafirmó
64,783 corpus weight
- recauda
recauda
64,782 corpus weight
What this shows “quijada” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | quijada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kiˈxað̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “quijada”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around quijada (IPA [kiˈxað̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,215 among 364 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cada uno de los huesos en los que se alberga la dentadura de los vertebrados dentados, especialmente cuando es de gran tamaño, como la del caballo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for quijada, with forms such as "qiujada", "qquijada", and "quiajda". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "quitado", "quitaba", "Quijano", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is quijada, spelled Q-U-I-J-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Cada uno de los huesos en los que se alberga la dentadura de los vertebrados dentados, especialmente cuando es de gran tamaño, como la del caballo.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qiujada
- qquijada
- quiajda
- quijaad
- quijadda
- quijdaa
- quijjada
- qujiada
- uqijada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quijada - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).