quizás

[kiˈsas]

/[kiˈsas]/ adv

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The verdict

“quizás” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #948. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#948
frequency rank, Spanish
364
“Q” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expresa la creencia en que algo puede ocurrir o que sea cierto, pero no se está seguro de ello.

Corpus desk

Index ES-quizas · quizás · Spanish

quizás · rank #948 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #948
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 364
  • PHOTO-FINISH profesor

Nearest frequency peer: profesor (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “quizás”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “quizás” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

quizás vs quizá
83% similar
quizás vs quita
50% similar
quizás vs quitar
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “quizás”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.quizáscae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “profesor” (#947), “respeto” (#949), “presencia” (#946). Entre 364 lemas con “Q”, “quizás” va en #948. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around quizás (IPA [kiˈsas]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #948 among 364 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Expresa la creencia en que algo puede ocurrir o que sea cierto, pero no se está seguro de ello.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for quizás, with forms such as "qiuzás", "qquizás", and "quizsá". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "quizá", "quita", "quitar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is quizás, spelled Q-U-I-Z-Á-S.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how quizás appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. ¿vienes o no? - quizás.
  2. Este barrio es, quizás, el más turístico de la capital de Argentina.

Synonyms

a lo mejorcapazquizátal vezpor ahílo mismoen una de esas

This word in other languages

maybe(English)peut-être(Français)vielleicht(Deutsch)talvez(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiuzás
  • qquizás
  • quizsá
  • quizzás
  • quizáss
  • quiázs
  • quziás
  • uqizás

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quizás - 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.

qiuzás2qquizás1quizsá2quizzás1quizáss1quiázs2quziás2uqizás2
Edit distance from "quizás"

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.

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 adverb, "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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quizás", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pienso#944siguen#952tenían#954habría#938

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

serán8 variantsefecto8 variantscódigo8 variantsapenas8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list