sine qua non
[ˈsine ˈkwa ˈnõn]
The verdict
“sine qua non” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Significa "sin la cual no" y se usa para referirse a condiciones o elementos indispensables, requisitos absolutos y obligatorios, reglas estrictas, etc. Puede usarse calificando a un sustantivo o c...
Corpus desk
Index ES-sine-qua-non · sine qua non · Spanish
sine qua non · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sine qua non |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈsine ˈkwa ˈnõn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sine qua non” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sine qua non is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈsine ˈkwa ˈnõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Significa "sin la cual no" y se usa para referirse a condiciones o elementos indispensables, requisitos absolutos y obligatorios, reglas estrictas, etc. Puede usarse calificando a un sustantivo o c...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sine qua non in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sine qua non, spelled S-I-N-E- -Q-U-A- -N-O-N.
Definition
- 1Significa "sin la cual no" y se usa para referirse a condiciones o elementos indispensables, requisitos absolutos y obligatorios, reglas estrictas, etc. Puede usarse calificando a un sustantivo o como sustantivo mismo. También puede decirse "conditio sine qua non"..
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sine qua non appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dejarse zurrar es la condición sine qua non para ingresar en esa banda clandestina.
La locura es conditio sine qua non para que se produzca arte.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.