Quartals
[kvaʁˈtaːls]
The verdict
“Quartals” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,180 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,180
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Quartal
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 | Quartals |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kvaʁˈtaːls] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Quartals” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Quartals is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kvaʁˈtaːls]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,180 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Quartal".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quartals, with forms such as "qaurtals", "qquartals", and "quaratls". 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, "Quartal", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Quartals, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-A-L-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Quartal
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: qaurtals,qquartals,quaratls,quarrtals,quartalls,quartalss,quartasl,quartlas,quarttals,quatrals,quratals,uqartals
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Quartals - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Quartals”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Q-U-A-R-T-A-L-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kvaʁˈtaːls] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Quartal” - see the side-by-side comparison. Quartals vs Quartal
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.