Quorum

/[ˈkvoːʁʊm]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,929

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Quorum is aGermannoun. It means: Anzahl der Mitglieder eines Gremiums oder sonstiger Stimmberechtigter, welche für die Gültigkeit eines Beschlusses oder einer Abstimmung anwesend sein oder sich an ihr beteiligen muss Pronounced [ˈkvoːʁʊm].

Key facts for Quorum
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuorum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkvoːʁʊm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,929
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Quorum is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkvoːʁʊm]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,929 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quorum, with forms such as "qourum", "qquorum", and "quormu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 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 Quorum, spelled Q-U-O-R-U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anzahl der Mitglieder eines Gremiums oder sonstiger Stimmberechtigter, welche für die Gültigkeit eines Beschlusses oder einer Abstimmung anwesend sein oder sich an ihr beteiligen muss
  2. 2
    Anzahl der unter [1] erwähnten Mitglieder oder Stimmberechtigten, die für die Gültigkeit eines Beschlusses zustimmen muss

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qourum,qquorum,quormu,quorrum,quorumm,quourm,quroum,uqorum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Quorum

Misspelling Variants of "Quorum"

qourum6qquorum7quormu6quorrum7quorumm7quourm6quroum6uqorum6
Misspelling Variants of "Quorum"

Frequency rank: #46,929 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Quorum"?
"Quorum" is spelled Q-U-O-R-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkvoːʁʊm].
What does "Quorum" mean?
As a noun, "Quorum" means: Anzahl der Mitglieder eines Gremiums oder sonstiger Stimmberechtigter, welche für die Gültigkeit eines Beschlusses oder einer Abstimmung anwesend sein oder sich an ihr beteiligen muss
What are common misspellings of "Quorum"?
Common misspellings include "qourum", "qquorum", "quormu", "quorrum", "quorumm". The correct spelling is "Quorum".
How do you pronounce "Quorum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quorum" is [ˈkvoːʁʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quorum" come from?
"Quorum" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.