Quadrat
[kvaˈdʁaːt]
The verdict
“Quadrat” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,031. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,031
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Viereck mit einheitlicher Kantenlänge und rechten Winkeln; ein Parallelogramm mit vier rechten Winkeln und vier gleichlangen Seiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-quadrat · Quadrat · German
Quadrat · rank #18,031 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #18,031
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH päpstlichen
Nearest frequency peer: päpstlichen (-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 “Quadrat”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- puzzle
puzzle
81,973 corpus weight
- Pächter
Pächter
81,972 corpus weight
- päpstlichen
päpstlichen
81,971 corpus weight
- Quadrat
Quadrat
81,970 corpus weight
- Rassist
Rassist
81,969 corpus weight
- Rating
Rating
81,968 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Quadrat” 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 | Quadrat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kvaˈdʁaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Quadrat” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Quadrat (IPA [kvaˈdʁaːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,031 among 216 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quadrat, with forms such as "qaudrat", "qquadrat", and "quadart". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Quadrate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Quadrat, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Viereck mit einheitlicher Kantenlänge und rechten Winkeln; ein Parallelogramm mit vier rechten Winkeln und vier gleichlangen Seiten
- 2die zweite Potenz (·²)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Quadrat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Quadrat hat vier rechte Winkel, ist achsen- und punktsymmetrisch.
„Sie waren sternförmig in regelmäßigen Quadraten aufgeteilt, die verschiedene Muster zeigten.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qaudrat
- qquadrat
- quadart
- quaddrat
- quadratt
- quadrrat
- quadrta
- quardat
- qudarat
- uqadrat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Quadrat - 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 "Quadrat", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Quadrate". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #18,031 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.