quizás

/[kiˈsas]/ adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#948

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

quizás is anSpanishadv. It means: Expresa la creencia en que algo puede ocurrir o que sea cierto, pero no se está seguro de ello. Pronounced [kiˈsas]. It ranks #948 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with quizá and quita.

Key facts for quizás
PropertyValue
Headwordquizás
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
IPA[kiˈsas]
Letters6
Frequency rank#948
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quizás in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quizás is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kiˈsas]. Corpus data places it at rank #948 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Expresa la creencia en que algo puede ocurrir o que sea cierto, pero no se está seguro de ello.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for quizás, with forms such as "qiuzás", "qquizás", and "quizsá". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "quizá", "quita", "quitar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is quizás, spelled Q-U-I-Z-Á-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Expresa la creencia en que algo puede ocurrir o que sea cierto, pero no se está seguro de ello.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qiuzás,qquizás,quizsá,quizzás,quizáss,quiázs,quziás,uqizás

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quizás

Misspelling Variants of "quizás"

qiuzás6qquizás7quizsá6quizzás7quizáss7quiázs6quziás6uqizás6
Misspelling Variants of "quizás"

Frequency rank: #948 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quizás"?
"quizás" is spelled Q-U-I-Z-Á-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kiˈsas].
What does "quizás" mean?
As an adv, "quizás" means: Expresa la creencia en que algo puede ocurrir o que sea cierto, pero no se está seguro de ello.
What words are commonly confused with "quizás"?
"quizás" is commonly confused with "quizá", "quita", "quitar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quizás"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quizás" is [kiˈsas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quizás" come from?
"quizás" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.