requieren

/[reˈkjeɾẽn]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,251

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

requieren is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de requerir. Pronounced [reˈkjeɾẽn]. It ranks #5,251 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with requiero and requieres.

Key facts for requieren
PropertyValue
Headwordrequieren
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reˈkjeɾẽn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,251
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for requieren is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈkjeɾẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,251 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de requerir.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for requieren, with forms such as "erquieren", "reqiueren", and "reqquieren". 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", "requieres", "requiere", 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 requieren, spelled R-E-Q-U-I-E-R-E-N, 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 plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de requerir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erquieren,reqiueren,reqquieren,requeiren,requieern,requierenn,requierne,requierren,requireen,reuqieren,rqeuieren,rrequieren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for requieren

Misspelling Variants of "requieren"

erquieren9reqiueren9reqquieren10requeiren9requieern9requierenn10requierne9requierren10
Misspelling Variants of "requieren"

Frequency rank: #5,251 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "requieren"?
"requieren" is spelled R-E-Q-U-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈkjeɾẽn].
What does "requieren" mean?
As a verb, "requieren" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de requerir.
What words are commonly confused with "requieren"?
"requieren" is commonly confused with "requiero", "requieres", "requiere". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "requieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "requieren" is [reˈkjeɾẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "requieren" come from?
"requieren" 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.