requesón
[rekeˈsõn]
The verdict
“requesón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,250 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,250
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Producto lácteo similar al queso, obtenido de un segundo procesamiento del suero lácteo producido como derivado en la elaboración de quesos de pasta blanda. De color blanco, sabor suave y textura b...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | requesón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [rekeˈsõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “requesón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
requesón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,250 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [rekeˈsõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for requesón, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is requesón, spelled R-E-Q-U-E-S-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Producto lácteo similar al queso, obtenido de un segundo procesamiento del suero lácteo producido como derivado en la elaboración de quesos de pasta blanda. De color blanco, sabor suave y textura blanda y granulosa.
- 2Coágulo de las partes mantecosas y caseosas de la leche.
- 3La segunda cuajada que se saca del residuo de la leche después de hecho el queso.
- 4Pasta a la cual se da forma de cubilete en un molde de barro.
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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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Using “requesón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-Q-U-E-S-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [rekeˈsõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.