quisquilloso
[kiskiˈʝoso]
The verdict
“quisquilloso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,791 among 364 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,791
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona susceptible, fácil de ofenderse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-quisquilloso · quisquilloso · Spanish
quisquilloso · rank #58,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,791
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH puya
Nearest frequency peer: puya (-2 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 “quisquilloso”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- purificado
purificado
41,214 corpus weight
- puya
puya
41,212 corpus weight
- quisquilloso
quisquilloso
41,210 corpus weight
- rajas
rajas
41,208 corpus weight
- ramillete
ramillete
41,207 corpus weight
- Ramis
Ramis
41,206 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “quisquilloso” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quisquilloso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kiskiˈʝoso] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #58,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “quisquilloso” en español
Rare enough to double-check
quisquilloso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,791 among 364 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kiskiˈʝoso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for quisquilloso in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is quisquilloso, spelled Q-U-I-S-Q-U-I-L-L-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Persona susceptible, fácil de ofenderse.
- 2Persona que se enoja por tonterías o nimiedades.
- 3Que repara en cosas sin importancia o muy triviales.
- 4Demasiado exigente, caprichoso, maniático
Synonyms
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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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