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“quicio” and “quimio” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,201
“quicio” frequency rank
#39,949
“quimio” frequency rank
66150
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quicio quimio
Definition Parte del marco de la puerta que sirve de lugar para las bisagras u otro elemento que provea de movilidad y sostenga el peso de la puerta. Quimioterapia.

Where the eye mixes quicio and quimio

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. quicio and quimio follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
quicio
6 ch
quimio

Look-alike desk: quicio vs quimio

A purely visual mix-up. quicio ([ˈkisjo]) and quimio ([ˈkimjo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - c in “quicio” becomes m in “quimio”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quicio is recorded at frequency rank #26,201, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkisjo]. quimio is at rank #39,949, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkimjo].

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 66150, this pair ranks #40,626 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of quicio vs quimio

Shared letters: ioqu. Private to "quicio": c. Private to "quimio": m.

"quicio" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "quimio" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quicio ← qiucio · qquicio · quciio · quiccio · quicoi · quiico · quisio · uqicio
  • quimio ← qiumio · qquimio · quiimo · quimmio · quimoi · qumiio · uqimio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "quicio" for "quimio" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkisjo] versus [ˈkimjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "quicio" or "quimio"?
"quicio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,201 in our Spanish list, against #39,949 for "quimio". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "quicio" and "quimio" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quicio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quimio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,626 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quicio" and "quimio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Quim vs quimio". 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 #40,626 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