quilo
[ˈkilo]
The verdict
“quilo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,267 among 3,200 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,267
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,200
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fluido formado por linfa y lípidos emulsionados que se produce en el intestino delgado del ser humano y otros vertebrados como producto último de la digestión de las grasas contenidas en los alimentos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quilo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkilo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quilo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quilo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,267 among 3,200 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkilo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fluido formado por linfa y lípidos emulsionados que se produce en el intestino delgado del ser humano y otros vertebrados como producto último de la digestión de las grasas contenidas en los alimentos".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quilo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is quilo, spelled Q-U-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1Fluido formado por linfa y lípidos emulsionados que se produce en el intestino delgado del ser humano y otros vertebrados como producto último de la digestión de las grasas contenidas en los alimentos
This word in other languages
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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Using “quilo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-I-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkilo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.