Which to use
“quier” is a conjunction and “quiere” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,900
- “quier” frequency rank
- #228
- “quiere” frequency rank
- 29128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quier | quiere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se anteponía a elementos en serie para indicar alternancia lógica entre ellos. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de querer. |
Where the eye mixes quier and quiere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. quier runs 5 letters (CVVVC) against quiere's 6 (CVVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: quier vs quiere
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quier is [ˈkjeɾ] while quiere is [ˈkjeɾe]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “quier” sits inside “quiere”, and the parts of speech differ too (conjunction vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quier is recorded at frequency rank #28,900, classified as aconj, pronounced [ˈkjeɾ]. quiere is at rank #228, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkjeɾe].
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 29128, this pair ranks #218,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quier vs quiere
Shared letters: eiqru. Private to "quier": -. Private to "quiere": -.
"quier" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "quiere" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quier" and "quiere" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "quier" or "quiere"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "quier" and "quiere" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quiere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quier" and "quiere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quier vs Quim". 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 #218,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.