quad
[kwɒd]
The verdict
“quad” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,275. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,275
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - allseitig von Gebäuden umgrenzter und quadratischer oder rechteckiger Platz
Corpus desk
Index DE-quad · quad · German
quad · rank #25,275 · 5 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,275
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH purple
Nearest frequency peer: purple (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “quad”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Prämisse
Prämisse
74,729 corpus weight
- Präsidentsc…
Präsidentschaftswahl
74,728 corpus weight
- purple
purple
74,727 corpus weight
- quad
quad
74,726 corpus weight
- Raster
Raster
74,725 corpus weight
- Rauchmelder
Rauchmelder
74,724 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “quad” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quad |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kwɒd] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #25,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quad” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around quad (IPA [kwɒd]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,275 among 216 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for quad, with forms such as "qaud", "qquad", and "quadd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "quo", "qui", "quer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is quad, spelled Q-U-A-D.
Definition
- 1allseitig von Gebäuden umgrenzter und quadratischer oder rechteckiger Platz
- 2Kind mit drei Geschwistern aus derselben Geburt
- 3großer Muskel auf der Vorderseite des Oberschenkels
- 4einem Motorrad ähnliches Geländefahrzeug mit vier Rädern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After a month, there were herd paths where the students crossed the quad to get between the buildings.
The physical therapist gave the patient exercises to strengthen her hamstrings and quads.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qaud
- qquad
- quadd
- quda
- uqad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quad - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quad", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.