quitar
[kiˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“quitar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,731
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apartar algo de su poseedor.
Corpus desk
Index ES-quitar · quitar · Spanish
quitar · rank #3,731 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,731
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH producen
Nearest frequency peer: producen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “quitar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- parcial
parcial
96,273 corpus weight
- permitió
permitió
96,272 corpus weight
- producen
producen
96,271 corpus weight
- quitar
quitar
96,270 corpus weight
- recientes
recientes
96,269 corpus weight
- religiosas
religiosas
96,268 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “quitar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | quitar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kiˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “quitar” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around quitar (IPA [kiˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,731 among 364 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for quitar, with forms such as "qiutar", "qquitar", and "quiatr". 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", "Quito", "quite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 quitar, spelled Q-U-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Apartar algo de su poseedor.
- 2Hacer que algo que estaba en un lugar deje de estar ahí.
- 3Por extensión, restar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quitar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¡Eh, tú! Sí, tú, ¡quita esa almohada de mi cama!, me molesta mucho.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qiutar
- qquitar
- quiatr
- quitarr
- quitra
- quittar
- qutiar
- uqitar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quitar - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quitar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "quitar". Here's where to go from here.
- "quitar" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "quizá". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,731 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "Q" letter cohort. Q–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.