Quartale

[kvaʁˈtaːlə]

/[kvaʁˈtaːlə]/ noun

The verdict

“Quartale” is uncommon German (frequency #77,212 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,212
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Quartal

Corpus desk

Index DE-quartale · Quartale · German

Quartale · rank #77,212 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,212
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH Qualitätsmedi…

Nearest frequency peer: Qualitätsmedien (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Quartale“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Quartale“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Quartale
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuartale
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kvaʁˈtaːlə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,212
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Quartale“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Quartalefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Qualitätsmedien“ (#77,211), „Querschläger“ (#77,213), „qkm“ (#77,210). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „Quartale“ bei #77,212. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Quartale is uncommon German at frequency #77,212 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kvaʁˈtaːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Quartale, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Quartale, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Quartal
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Quartal
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs 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 "Quartale"?
"Quartale" is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kvaʁˈtaːlə].
What does "Quartale" mean?
As a noun, "Quartale" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Quartal
How do you pronounce "Quartale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quartale" is [kvaʁˈtaːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quartale" come from?
"Quartale" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list