quite
[ˈkit̪e]
The verdict
“quite” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,743. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,743
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de quitar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-quite · quite · Spanish
quite · rank #10,743 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,743
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH provisiones
Nearest frequency peer: provisiones (-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 “quite”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- protestantes
protestantes
89,261 corpus weight
- proteína
proteína
89,260 corpus weight
- provisiones
provisiones
89,259 corpus weight
- quite
quite
89,258 corpus weight
- recordamos
recordamos
89,257 corpus weight
- refiriéndose
refiriéndose
89,256 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “quite” 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 | quite |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkit̪e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “quite” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around quite (IPA [ˈkit̪e]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,743 among 364 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for quite, with forms such as "qiute", "qquite", and "quiet". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "quizá", "Quito", "quiten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is quite, spelled Q-U-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de quitar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de quitar.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de quitar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qiute
- qquite
- quiet
- quitte
- qutie
- uqite
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quite - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "quite", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "quite". Here's where to go from here.
- "quite" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "quizá". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,743 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.