Quote

/[ˈkvoːtə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,101

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Quote is aGermannoun. It means: Anteil einer Sache an einem Ganzen Pronounced [ˈkvoːtə]. It ranks #6,101 in German word frequency. Often confused with Quoten and quo.

Key facts for Quote
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuote
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkvoːtə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,101
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Quote is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkvoːtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,101 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Quote, with forms such as "qoute", "qquote", and "quoet". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Quoten", "quo", "quere", 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 Quote, spelled Q-U-O-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anteil einer Sache an einem Ganzen
  2. 2
    Anteil der Fernsehzuschauer, die ein bestimmtes Programm anschauen; Kurzform von Einschaltquote
  3. 3
    frei verfügbares, nicht pflichtteilsgeschütztes Teil der Erbschaft; Kurzform von Erbquote

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qoute,qquote,quoet,quotte,qutoe,uqote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Quote

Misspelling Variants of "Quote"

qoute5qquote6quoet5quotte6qutoe5uqote5
Misspelling Variants of "Quote"

Frequency rank: #6,101 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Quote"?
"Quote" is spelled Q-U-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkvoːtə].
What does "Quote" mean?
As a noun, "Quote" means: Anteil einer Sache an einem Ganzen
What words are commonly confused with "Quote"?
"Quote" is commonly confused with "Quoten", "quo", "quere". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Quote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quote" is [ˈkvoːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quote" come from?
"Quote" 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.