requerir
[rekeˈɾiɾ]
The verdict
“requerir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,945. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,945
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intimar, avisar o hacer saber una cosa con autoridad pública.
Corpus desk
Index ES-requerir · requerir · Spanish
requerir · rank #14,945 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,945
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH repúblicas
Nearest frequency peer: repúblicas (-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 “requerir”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- report
report
85,058 corpus weight
- repúblicas
repúblicas
85,057 corpus weight
- requerir
requerir
85,056 corpus weight
- respectivo
respectivo
85,055 corpus weight
- retire
retire
85,054 corpus weight
- revancha
revancha
85,053 corpus weight
What this shows “requerir” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | requerir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [rekeˈɾiɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “requerir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around requerir (IPA [rekeˈɾiɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,945 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for requerir, with forms such as "erquerir", "reqeurir", and "reqquerir". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "requirió", "requerirá", "requeriría", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is requerir, spelled R-E-Q-U-E-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Intimar, avisar o hacer saber una cosa con autoridad pública.
- 2Reconocer o examinar el estado en que se halla una cosa.
- 3Necesitar o hacer necesaria alguna cosa.
- 4Solicitar, pretender, explicar uno su deseo o pasión amorosa.
- 5Inducir, persuadir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how requerir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Al principio la consolaba; después, requiriéndola de amores se enamoraron los dos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erquerir
- reqeurir
- reqquerir
- requeirr
- requerirr
- requerri
- requerrir
- requreir
- reuqerir
- rqeuerir
- rrequerir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of requerir - 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 "requerir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).