Quadranten
[kvaˈdʁantn̩]
The verdict
“Quadranten” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,068
- frequency rank, German
- 3,618
- “Q” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Quadrant
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 | Quadranten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kvaˈdʁantn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #42,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Quadranten” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Quadranten (IPA [kvaˈdʁantn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,068 among 3,618 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quadranten, with forms such as "qaudranten", "qquadranten", and "quadarnten". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Quadrate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Quadranten, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-N-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Quadrant
- 2Dativ Singular des Substantivs Quadrant
- 3Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Quadrant
- 4Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Quadrant
- 5Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Quadrant
- 6Dativ Plural des Substantivs Quadrant
- 7Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Quadrant
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: qaudranten,qquadranten,quadarnten,quaddranten,quadranetn,quadrannten,quadrantenn,quadrantne,quadrantten,quadratnen,quadrnaten,quadrranten,quardanten,qudaranten,uqadranten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Quadranten - 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.
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Using “Quadranten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Q-U-A-D-R-A-N-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kvaˈdʁantn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Quadrate” - see the side-by-side comparison. Quadranten vs Quadrate
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.