quo

verb

The verdict

“quo” sits in 14 confusable pairs (corpus #10,560) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#10,560
frequency rank, Spanish
364
“Q” headwords
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dijo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-quo · quo · Spanish

quo · rank #10,560 · 0 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,560
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 364
  • PHOTO-FINISH racistas

Nearest frequency peer: racistas (+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 “quo”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “quo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

quo vs Qu
33% similar
quo vs que
67% similar
quo vs qui
67% similar

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

Key facts for quo
PropertyValue
Headwordquo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
Letters3
Frequency rank#10,560
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Dónde se sitúa “quo” en la frecuencia del español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.quocae 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 “racistas” (#10,561), “puntual” (#10,558), “recesión” (#10,562). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for quo is neighbouring look-alikes ("Qu", "que", …), not just typos; it is averb. Frequency #10,560 among 364 “Q” headwords. Gloss: "Dijo.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Qu", "que", "qui", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is quo, spelled Q-U-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dijo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. what's the meaning o' this?' quo she.

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 "quo"?
"quo" is spelled Q-U-O.
What does "quo" mean?
As a verb, "quo" means: Dijo.
What words are commonly confused with "quo"?
"quo" is commonly confused with "Qu", "que", "qui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "quo" come from?
"quo" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

What to do next

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  • "quo" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Qu". View pair
  • Usage frequency rank #10,560 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list