quam

adv

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The verdict

“quam” is uncommon German (frequency #72,846 among 3,618 “Q” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,846
frequency rank, German
3,618
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf welche Weise, wie

Key facts for quam
PropertyValue
Headwordquam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
Letters4
Frequency rank#72,846
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “quam” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). quam lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quam is uncommon German at frequency #72,846 among 3,618 “Q” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quam, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is quam, spelled Q-U-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf welche Weise, wie
  2. 2
    in welchem Grade, wie sehr, wie wenig
  3. 3
    in welchem Grad oder Ausmaß; wie
  4. 4
    möglichst
  5. 5
    gibt den Vergleichspunkt an; als

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quam"?
"quam" is spelled Q-U-A-M.
What does "quam" mean?
As an adverb, "quam" means: auf welche Weise, wie
What language does "quam" come from?
"quam" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “quam”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is Q-U-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list