quéchua
/ˈkɛ.ʃwɐ/, /ˈkɛ.ʃʊ.ɐ/
The verdict
“quéchua” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,464 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,464
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 129
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo aos quéchuas/quíchuas
Corpus desk
Index PT-quechua · quéchua · Portuguese
quéchua · rank #77,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,464
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 129
- PHOTO-FINISH realisticamen…
Nearest frequency peer: realisticamente (+7 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “quéchua”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- porro
porro
22,563 corpus weight
- precavido
precavido
22,559 corpus weight
- quéchua
quéchua
22,537 corpus weight
- realisticam…
realisticamente
22,530 corpus weight
- rechear
rechear
22,526 corpus weight
- remain
remain
22,516 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “quéchua” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quéchua |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɛ.ʃwɐ/, /ˈkɛ.ʃʊ.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “quéchua” em português
Rare enough to double-check
quéchua is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,464 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɛ.ʃwɐ/, /ˈkɛ.ʃʊ.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quéchua, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is quéchua, spelled Q-U-É-C-H-U-A.
Definition
- 1relativo aos quéchuas/quíchuas
- 2relacionado ao idioma quéchua/quíchua
Synonyms
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).