quesadilla
The verdict
“quesadilla” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Crêpe de maïs fourrée au fromage.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quesadilla |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quesadilla” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quesadilla is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crêpe de maïs fourrée au fromage.".
No misspelling variants are generated for quesadilla in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is quesadilla, spelled Q-U-E-S-A-D-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Crêpe de maïs fourrée au fromage.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “quesadilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Q-U-E-S-A-D-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.