requiere

/[reˈkjeɾe]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,047

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

requiere is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de requerir. Pronounced [reˈkjeɾe]. It ranks #2,047 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with requiero and requieren.

Key facts for requiere
PropertyValue
Headwordrequiere
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reˈkjeɾe]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,047
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of requiere in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for requiere is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈkjeɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,047 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for requiere, with forms such as "erquiere", "reqiuere", and "reqquiere". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "requiero", "requieren", "requieres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is requiere, spelled R-E-Q-U-I-E-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de requerir.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de requerir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erquiere,reqiuere,reqquiere,requeire,requieer,requierre,requiree,reuqiere,rqeuiere,rrequiere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for requiere

Misspelling Variants of "requiere"

erquiere8reqiuere8reqquiere9requeire8requieer8requierre9requiree8reuqiere8
Misspelling Variants of "requiere"

Frequency rank: #2,047 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "requiere"?
"requiere" is spelled R-E-Q-U-I-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈkjeɾe].
What does "requiere" mean?
As a verb, "requiere" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de requerir.
What words are commonly confused with "requiere"?
"requiere" is commonly confused with "requiero", "requieren", "requieres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "requiere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "requiere" is [reˈkjeɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "requiere" come from?
"requiere" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.