quinoa
[kiˈnoa]
The verdict
“quinoa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,095 among 364 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,095
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Chenopodium quinoa) Planta anual, de tallo erecto, que puede medir hasta 3 m de altura. Las hojas, alternas, son anchas y polimorfas; el tallo central puede estar más o menos ramificado, dependien...
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Index ES-quinoa · quinoa · Spanish
quinoa · rank #61,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,095
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH quimeras
Nearest frequency peer: quimeras (-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 “quinoa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- quark
quark
38,912 corpus weight
- quebranto
quebranto
38,911 corpus weight
- quedabas
quedabas
38,910 corpus weight
- quimeras
quimeras
38,907 corpus weight
- quinoa
quinoa
38,906 corpus weight
- rapear
rapear
38,902 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “quinoa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quinoa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kiˈnoa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “quinoa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
quinoa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,095 among 364 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kiˈnoa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for quinoa, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is quinoa, spelled Q-U-I-N-O-A.
Definition
- 1(Chenopodium quinoa) Planta anual, de tallo erecto, que puede medir hasta 3 m de altura. Las hojas, alternas, son anchas y polimorfas; el tallo central puede estar más o menos ramificado, dependiendo de la variedad o densidad del sembrado. Las flores, organizadas en panículas, son pequeñas y carecen de pétalos.
- 2Semilla de unos 2 mm de diámetro, lenticulares con abundante perisperma harinoso.
Synonyms
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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