réquiem
[ˈrekjẽm]
The verdict
“réquiem” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,843 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,843
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oración que se reza, en la religión católica, en las misas en memoria de los difuntos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-requiem · réquiem · Spanish
réquiem · rank #53,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,843
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rutinarias
Nearest frequency peer: rutinarias (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “réquiem”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- rubíes
rubíes
46,160 corpus weight
- rutinarias
rutinarias
46,159 corpus weight
- réquiem
réquiem
46,158 corpus weight
- Saladino
Saladino
46,155 corpus weight
- salam
salam
46,154 corpus weight
- salvadas
salvadas
46,153 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “réquiem” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réquiem |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrekjẽm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “réquiem” en español
Rare enough to double-check
réquiem is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,843 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈrekjẽm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for réquiem in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is réquiem, spelled R-É-Q-U-I-E-M.
Definition
- 1Oración que se reza, en la religión católica, en las misas en memoria de los difuntos.
- 2Música compuesta para dicha misa, que se canta con parte o todo el texto litúrgico de la misa de difuntos.
- 3Ceremonia o misa u obra que se hace en honor de una persona muerta.
- 4Tiburón.
This word in other languages
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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