Quest

/[kvɛst]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,694

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

Quest is aGermannoun. It means: in der Artusepik die Heldenreise oder Aventiure des Ritters oder Helden, in deren Verlauf er verschiedene Feinde besiegt Pronounced [kvɛst]. Often confused with queue and Quint.

Key facts for Quest
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuest
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kvɛst]
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,694
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Quest is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kvɛst]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,694 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 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 Quest, with forms such as "qeust", "qquest", and "quesst". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "queue", "Quint", "Quests", 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 Quest, spelled Q-U-E-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in der Artusepik die Heldenreise oder Aventiure des Ritters oder Helden, in deren Verlauf er verschiedene Feinde besiegt
  2. 2
    Aufgabe, Auftrag in Rollenspielen und rollenspielähnlichen Computerspielen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeust,qquest,quesst,questt,quets,quset,uqest

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Quest

Misspelling Variants of "Quest"

qeust5qquest6quesst6questt6quets5quset5uqest5
Misspelling Variants of "Quest"

Frequency rank: #17,694 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Quest"?
"Quest" is spelled Q-U-E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kvɛst].
What does "Quest" mean?
As a noun, "Quest" means: in der Artusepik die Heldenreise oder Aventiure des Ritters oder Helden, in deren Verlauf er verschiedene Feinde besiegt
What words are commonly confused with "Quest"?
"Quest" is commonly confused with "queue", "Quint", "Quests". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Quest"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quest" is [kvɛst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quest" come from?
"Quest" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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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.