quid pro quo
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The verdict
“quid pro quo” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rechtsgrundsatz: wer gibt, soll dafür eine angemessene Gegenleistung erhalten
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Index DE-quid-pro-quo · quid pro quo · German
quid pro quo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quid pro quo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „quid pro quo“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
quid pro quo is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rechtsgrundsatz: wer gibt, soll dafür eine angemessene Gegenleistung erhalten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quid pro quo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is quid pro quo, spelled Q-U-I-D- -P-R-O- -Q-U-O.
Definition
- 1Rechtsgrundsatz: wer gibt, soll dafür eine angemessene Gegenleistung erhalten
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.