Quarz

/[kvaʁt͡s]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,295

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Quarz is aGermannoun. It means: Mineral, das in reinem Zustand farblos und durchscheinend ist und aus Siliziumdioxid besteht Pronounced [kvaʁt͡s]. Often confused with quer and Quiz.

Key facts for Quarz
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuarz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kvaʁt͡s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,295
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Quarz is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kvaʁt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,295 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Quarz, with forms such as "qaurz", "qquarz", and "quarrz". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "quer", "Quiz", "quasi", and more, 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 Quarz, spelled Q-U-A-R-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mineral, das in reinem Zustand farblos und durchscheinend ist und aus Siliziumdioxid besteht
  2. 2
    Kristall aus Quarz
  3. 3
    Elektronisches Bauelement; ein speziell geschnittener Quarzkristall mit angebrachten Elektroden, dessen piezoelektrische Eigenschaften zur Frequenzstabilisierung elektrischer Schwingungen benutzt werden

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qaurz,qquarz,quarrz,quarzz,quazr,quraz,uqarz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Quarz

Misspelling Variants of "Quarz"

qaurz5qquarz6quarrz6quarzz6quazr5quraz5uqarz5
Misspelling Variants of "Quarz"

Frequency rank: #29,295 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Quarz"?
"Quarz" is spelled Q-U-A-R-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [kvaʁt͡s].
What does "Quarz" mean?
As a noun, "Quarz" means: Mineral, das in reinem Zustand farblos und durchscheinend ist und aus Siliziumdioxid besteht
What words are commonly confused with "Quarz"?
"Quarz" is commonly confused with "quer", "Quiz", "quasi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Quarz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quarz" is [kvaʁt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quarz" come from?
"Quarz" 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.