queira

verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,393

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

queira is aPortugueseverb. It means: terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo querer It ranks #2,393 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with quer and quiçá.

Key facts for queira
PropertyValue
Headwordqueira
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,393
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for queira is 6 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #2,393 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for queira, with forms such as "qeuira", "qqueira", and "queiar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "quer", "quiçá", "quina", 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 queira, spelled Q-U-E-I-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo querer
  2. 2
    terceira pessoa do singular do presente do subjuntivo do verbo querer
  3. 3
    primeira pessoa do singular do presente do subjuntivo do verbo querer
  4. 4
    (queira seguido de verbo no infinito) faça o favor de

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeuira,qqueira,queiar,queirra,queria,quiera,uqeira

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for queira

Misspelling Variants of "queira"

qeuira6qqueira7queiar6queirra7queria6quiera6uqeira6
Misspelling Variants of "queira"

Frequency rank: #2,393 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "queira"?
"queira" is spelled Q-U-E-I-R-A.
What does "queira" mean?
As a verb, "queira" means: terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo querer
What words are commonly confused with "queira"?
"queira" is commonly confused with "quer", "quiçá", "quina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "queira" come from?
"queira" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.