quelques

[kɛlkə]

/[kɛlkə]/ adj

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The verdict

“quelques” is uncommon German (frequency #89,448 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,448
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs quelque

Corpus desk

Index DE-quelques · quelques · German

quelques · rank #89,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,448
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH quantitativer

Nearest frequency peer: quantitativer (-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 „quelques“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quelques
PropertyValue
Headwordquelques
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kɛlkə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,448
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „quelques“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).quelquesfällt 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: „quantitativer“ (#89,447), „Quantentheorie“ (#89,446), „quirlige“ (#89,450). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „quelques“ bei #89,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quelques is uncommon German at frequency #89,448 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɛlkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for quelques in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 quelques, spelled Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs quelque
  2. 2
    Plural Femininum des Adjektivs quelque

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 "quelques"?
"quelques" is spelled Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kɛlkə].
What does "quelques" mean?
As an adjective, "quelques" means: Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs quelque
How do you pronounce "quelques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quelques" is [kɛlkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quelques" come from?
"quelques" 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 "quelques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

quirlige#89,450prügelte#89,440präzises#89,439profunde#89,432

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list