quise
[ˈkise]
The verdict
“quise” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,355 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #3,355
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de querer.
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 | quise |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkise] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quise” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for quise is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkise]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,355 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de querer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for quise, with forms such as "qiuse", "qquise", and "quice". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "quizá", "quiso", "quita", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is quise, spelled Q-U-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de querer.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: qiuse,qquise,quice,quies,quisse,qusie,uqise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quise - 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 “quise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkise] (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. quise 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.