queso
/ˈkeso/
The verdict
“queso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,229 among 274 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,229
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 274
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - queijo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | queso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkeso/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “queso” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
queso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,229 among 274 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkeso/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "queijo".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for queso, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is queso, spelled Q-U-E-S-O.
Definition
- 1queijo
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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Using “queso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is Q-U-E-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkeso/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.