QB

abbrev

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The verdict

“QB” is uncommon German (frequency #83,186 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,186
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quarterback

Corpus desk

Index DE-qb · QB · German

QB · rank #83,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,186
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH pussies

Nearest frequency peer: pussies (-1 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „QB“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „QB“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for QB
PropertyValue
HeadwordQB
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters2
Frequency rank#83,186
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „QB“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).QBfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „pussies“ (#83,185), „QC“ (#83,187), „punischen“ (#83,184). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „QB“ bei #83,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

QB is uncommon German at frequency #83,186 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quarterback".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for QB, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is QB, spelled Q-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quarterback

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Einer dieser abgewiesenen Spieler war QB George Blanda, der 1958 von den Chicago Bears entlassen worden war und seitdem keinen Job im Football mehr bekommen konnte.“

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "QB"?
"QB" is spelled Q-B.
What does "QB" mean?
As an abbreviation, "QB" means: Quarterback
What language does "QB" come from?
"QB" is a German 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list