quinua
[ˈkinwa]
The verdict
“quinua” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #38,916 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,916
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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 | quinua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkinwa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quinua” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for quinua is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkinwa]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,916 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for quinua, with forms such as "qiunua", "qquinua", and "quinau". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "quizá", "quita", "Quique", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is quinua, spelled Q-U-I-N-U-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
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: qiunua,qquinua,quinau,quinnua,quiuna,quniua,uqinua
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quinua - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “quinua”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-I-N-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkinwa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “quizá” - see the side-by-side comparison. quinua vs quizá
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.