quid

noun

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The verdict

“quid” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,441 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,441
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cerne, dificuldade, quê

Corpus desk

Index PT-quid · quid · Portuguese

quid · rank #64,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,441
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH regenerador

Nearest frequency peer: regenerador (+10 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 “quid”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “quid” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quid
PropertyValue
Headwordquid
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#64,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “quid” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).quidcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “regenerador” (#64,451), “provide” (#64,430), “prorrogar” (#64,428). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quid” fica em #64,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quid is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,441 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cerne, dificuldade, quê".

No misspelling variants are generated for quid in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is quid, spelled Q-U-I-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    cerne, dificuldade, quê

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how quid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O quid da questão.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quid"?
"quid" is spelled Q-U-I-D.
What does "quid" mean?
As a noun, "quid" means: cerne, dificuldade, quê
What language does "quid" come from?
"quid" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quid", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sapa#64,485tien#64,531tini#64,532aber#64,583

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list