quite

[kwaɪt]

/[kwaɪt]/ adv

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The verdict

“quite” is uncommon German (frequency #67,615 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,615
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ziemlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-quite · quite · German

quite · rank #67,615 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,615
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH quin

Nearest frequency peer: quin (-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 „quite“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quite
PropertyValue
Headwordquite
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[kwaɪt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,615
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „quite“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).quitefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „quin“ (#67,614), „Querfurt“ (#67,613), „ranzig“ (#67,617). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „quite“ bei #67,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quite is uncommon German at frequency #67,615 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [kwaɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for quite in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is quite, spelled Q-U-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ziemlich
  2. 2
    ganz, völlig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how quite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. That is quite a distance away.
  2. That is quite out of the question.

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 "quite"?
"quite" is spelled Q-U-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kwaɪt].
What does "quite" mean?
As an adverb, "quite" means: ziemlich
How do you pronounce "quite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quite" is [kwaɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quite" come from?
"quite" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quite", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Plots#67,595peilt#67,582salis#67,650sauge#67,652

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list