quiero
\ˈkje.ro\
The verdict
“quiero” is uncommon French (frequency #70,984 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,984
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent indicatif du verbe querer (« aimer », « vouloir »).
Corpus desk
Index FR-quiero · quiero · French
quiero · rank #70,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,984
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH quatrièmement
Nearest frequency peer: quatrièmement (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « quiero »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pêcherie
pêcherie
29,021 corpus weight
- quarteron
quarteron
29,019 corpus weight
- quatrièmeme…
quatrièmement
29,018 corpus weight
- quiero
quiero
29,017 corpus weight
- quies
quies
29,016 corpus weight
- quinto
quinto
29,015 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quiero » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quiero |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈkje.ro\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quiero » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quiero is uncommon French at frequency #70,984 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈkje.ro\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Première personne du singulier du présent indicatif du verbe querer (« aimer », « vouloir »).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quiero, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is quiero, spelled Q-U-I-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent indicatif du verbe querer (« aimer », « vouloir »).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quiero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dos gardenias para ti Con ellas quiero decir: Te quiero, te adoro, mi vida
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).