Which to use
“quiere” is a verb and “quimera” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #228
- “quiere” frequency rank
- #28,532
- “quimera” frequency rank
- 28760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quiere | quimera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de querer. | Animal fantástico con cabeza de león, cuerpo de cabra y cola de dragón, y que según la fábula vomitaba llamas. |
Where the eye mixes quiere and quimera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. quiere runs 6 letters (CVVVCV) against quimera's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses quiere with quimera
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quiere is [ˈkjeɾe] while quimera is [kiˈmeɾa]. 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 28760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quiere is recorded at frequency rank #228, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkjeɾe]. quimera is at rank #28,532, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kiˈmeɾa].
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 28760, this pair ranks #220,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quiere vs quimera
Shared letters: eiqru. Private to "quiere": -. Private to "quimera": am.
"quiere" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "quimera" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quiere" and "quimera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "quiere" or "quimera"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "quiere" and "quimera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quiere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quimera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quiere" and "quimera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quimera vs quitará". 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 #220,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.