Qual
[kvaːl]
The verdict
“Qual” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,919
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Schmerz, Leid, etwas physisch oder psychisch Belastendes
Corpus desk
Index DE-qual · Qual · German
Qual · rank #10,919 · 5 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,919
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH Produzent
Nearest frequency peer: Produzent (-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 “Qual”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- philosophis…
philosophischen
89,085 corpus weight
- Produzent
Produzent
89,083 corpus weight
- Qual
Qual
89,082 corpus weight
- qualifizier…
qualifizierten
89,081 corpus weight
- rassistisch
rassistisch
89,080 corpus weight
- reality
reality
89,079 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Qual” 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 | Qual |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kvaːl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Qual” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Qual (IPA [kvaːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,919 among 216 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Schmerz, Leid, etwas physisch oder psychisch Belastendes".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Qual, with forms such as "qaul", "qqual", and "quall". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "quo", "qui", "quer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Qual, spelled Q-U-A-L.
Definition
- 1Schmerz, Leid, etwas physisch oder psychisch Belastendes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Qual appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er verspürte unendliche Qualen.
„Da der mühevolle Anstieg zunächst eher Unlust und sogar Qual bereitet, als dass er vergnüglich wäre, drängt Petrarca in seinem Steigverhalten unwillkürlich immer wieder auf den flacheren Weg.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qaul
- qqual
- quall
- qula
- uqal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Qual - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Qual", 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.