Quiz

/[kvɪs]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,917

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

Quiz is aGermannoun. It means: Frage-und-Antwort-Spiel, bei dem die Antworten meist innerhalb einer vorgeschriebenen Zeit gegeben werden müssen Pronounced [kvɪs]. Often confused with quo and Qi.

Key facts for Quiz
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuiz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kvɪs]
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,917
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Quiz is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kvɪs]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,917 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Frage-und-Antwort-Spiel, bei dem die Antworten meist innerhalb einer vorgeschriebenen Zeit gegeben werden müssen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Quiz, with forms such as "qiuz", "qquiz", and "quizz". 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, "quo", "Qi", "qui", 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 Quiz, spelled Q-U-I-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frage-und-Antwort-Spiel, bei dem die Antworten meist innerhalb einer vorgeschriebenen Zeit gegeben werden müssen

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qiuz,qquiz,quizz,quzi,uqiz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Quiz

Misspelling Variants of "Quiz"

qiuz4qquiz5quizz5quzi4uqiz4
Misspelling Variants of "Quiz"

Frequency rank: #13,917 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Quiz"?
"Quiz" is spelled Q-U-I-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [kvɪs].
What does "Quiz" mean?
As a noun, "Quiz" means: Frage-und-Antwort-Spiel, bei dem die Antworten meist innerhalb einer vorgeschriebenen Zeit gegeben werden müssen
What words are commonly confused with "Quiz"?
"Quiz" is commonly confused with "quo", "Qi", "qui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Quiz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quiz" is [kvɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quiz" come from?
"Quiz" 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.