quedáisvsquejasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: quedáis is a verb, quejas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“quedáis” is a verb and “quejas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,883
“quedáis” frequency rank
#4,744
“quejas” frequency rank
54627
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quedáis quejas
Definition Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de quedar o de quedarse. Forma del plural de queja.

Where the eye mixes quedáis and quejas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. quedáis runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against quejas's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
quedáis
6 ch
quejas

Look-alike desk: quedáis vs quejas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quedáis is [keˈð̞ajs] while quejas is [ˈkexas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quedáis is recorded at frequency rank #49,883, classified as averb, pronounced [keˈð̞ajs]. quejas is at rank #4,744, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkexas].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 54627, this pair ranks #82,480 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of quedáis vs quejas

Shared letters: eqsu. Private to "quedáis": diá. Private to "quejas": aj.

"quedáis" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC  ·  "quejas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quejas ← qeujas · qquejas · queajs · quejass · quejjas · quejsa · qujeas · uqejas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "quedáis" and "quejas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "quedáis" is a verb and "quejas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "quedáis" or "quejas"?
"quejas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,744 in our Spanish list, against #49,883 for "quedáis". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quedáis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quejas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #82,480 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quedáis" and "quejas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quedáis vs quedarías". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #82,480 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list