quão

adv

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,849

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

quão is anPortugueseadv. It means: exprime intensidade: quanto, como It ranks #2,849 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with que and qui.

Key facts for quão
PropertyValue
Headwordquão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,849
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quão in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for quão is 4 letters long, classified as anadv. Corpus data places it at rank #2,849 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for quão, with forms such as "qquão", "quoã", and "qãuo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "que", "qui", "quem", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is quão, spelled Q-U-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    exprime intensidade: quanto, como
  2. 2
    (Uso: formal) exprime comparação, seguindo-se a tão

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qquão,quoã,qãuo,uqão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quão

Misspelling Variants of "quão"

qquão5quoã4qãuo4uqão4
Misspelling Variants of "quão"

Frequency rank: #2,849 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quão"?
"quão" is spelled Q-U-Ã-O.
What does "quão" mean?
As an adv, "quão" means: exprime intensidade: quanto, como
What words are commonly confused with "quão"?
"quão" is commonly confused with "que", "qui", "quem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "quão" come from?
"quão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter Q in our Portuguese index:

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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.