Quartal

[kvaʁˈtaːl]

/[kvaʁˈtaːl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Quartal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,518. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,518
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitraum von drei Monaten

Corpus desk

Index DE-quartal · Quartal · German

Quartal · rank #7,518 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,518
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH pink

Nearest frequency peer: pink (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Quartal“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Quartal“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Quartal vs Quartals
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Quartal
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuartal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kvaʁˈtaːl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,518
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Quartal“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Quartalliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „pink“ (#7,517), „Rahmenbedingungen“ (#7,519), „Peking“ (#7,516). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „Quartal“ bei #7,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Quartal (IPA [kvaʁˈtaːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,518 among 216 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Zeitraum von drei Monaten".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quartal, with forms such as "qaurtal", "qquartal", and "quaratl". 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, "Quartals", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Quartal, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zeitraum von drei Monaten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Quartal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Manche Betriebe erstellen pro Quartal einen Bericht.
  2. Im zweiten Quartal sind die Gewinne wieder gestiegen.

Synonyms

TrimesterVierteljahr

Antonyms

DreivierteljahrHalbjahrSemester

This word in other languages

quarter(English)trimestre(Español)trimestre(Français)trimestre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qaurtal
  • qquartal
  • quaratl
  • quarrtal
  • quartall
  • quartla
  • quarttal
  • quatral
  • quratal
  • uqartal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Quartal - 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.

qaurtal2qquartal1quaratl2quarrtal1quartall1quartla2quarttal1quatral2
Edit distance from "Quartal"

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 "Quartal"?
"Quartal" is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kvaʁˈtaːl].
What does "Quartal" mean?
As a noun, "Quartal" means: Zeitraum von drei Monaten
What words are commonly confused with "Quartal"?
"Quartal" is commonly confused with "Quartals". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Quartal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quartal" is [kvaʁˈtaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quartal" come from?
"Quartal" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Quartal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list