quartier

/[kvaʁˈtiːɐ̯]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,250

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

quartier is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs quartieren Pronounced [kvaʁˈtiːɐ̯]. It ranks #9,250 in German word frequency. Often confused with quartiere and Quartieren.

Key facts for quartier
PropertyValue
Headwordquartier
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kvaʁˈtiːɐ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,250
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for quartier is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kvaʁˈtiːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,250 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs quartieren".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for quartier, with forms such as "qaurtier", "qquartier", and "quariter". 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, "quartiere", "Quartieren", 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 quartier, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs quartieren

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qaurtier,qquartier,quariter,quarrtier,quarteir,quartierr,quartire,quarttier,quatrier,quratier,uqartier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quartier

Misspelling Variants of "quartier"

qaurtier8qquartier9quariter8quarrtier9quarteir8quartierr9quartire8quarttier9
Misspelling Variants of "quartier"

Frequency rank: #9,250 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quartier"?
"quartier" is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kvaʁˈtiːɐ̯].
What does "quartier" mean?
As a verb, "quartier" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs quartieren
What words are commonly confused with "quartier"?
"quartier" is commonly confused with "quartiere", "Quartieren". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quartier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quartier" is [kvaʁˈtiːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quartier" come from?
"quartier" 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.