quality

/[kwɒlɪtɪ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,363

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

quality is aGermannoun. It means: Qualität Pronounced [kwɒlɪtɪ]. Often confused with quält and Qualität.

Key facts for quality
PropertyValue
Headwordquality
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kwɒlɪtɪ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,363
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quality in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for quality is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwɒlɪtɪ]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,363 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qualität".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for quality, with forms such as "qaulity", "qquality", and "quailty". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "quält", "Qualität", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is quality, spelled Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualität

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qaulity,qquality,quailty,qualitty,qualityy,qualiyt,quallity,qualtiy,qulaity,uqality

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quality

Misspelling Variants of "quality"

qaulity7qquality8quailty7qualitty8qualityy8qualiyt7quallity8qualtiy7
Misspelling Variants of "quality"

Frequency rank: #18,363 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quality"?
"quality" is spelled Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [kwɒlɪtɪ].
What does "quality" mean?
As a noun, "quality" means: Qualität
What words are commonly confused with "quality"?
"quality" is commonly confused with "quält", "Qualität". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quality"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quality" is [kwɒlɪtɪ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quality" come from?
"quality" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter Q in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.