qasr
"qasr" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“qasr” is uncommon English (frequency #98,615 among 2,880 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,615
- frequency rank, English
- 2,880
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A palace or castle in Middle Eastern countries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-qasr · qasr · English
qasr · rank #98,615 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,615
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,880
- PHOTO-FINISH quahog
Nearest frequency peer: quahog (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “qasr”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- puce
puce
1,391 corpus weight
- purposive
purposive
1,389 corpus weight
- qasr
qasr
1,386 corpus weight
- quahog
quahog
1,384 corpus weight
- Queensbury
Queensbury
1,383 corpus weight
- quist
quist
1,381 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “qasr” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | qasr |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #98,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “qasr” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
qasr is uncommon English at frequency #98,615 among 2,880 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A palace or castle in Middle Eastern countries.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for qasr in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr), from Latin castrum; compare ksar. Doublet of castrum. The correct English form is qasr, spelled Q-A-S-R.
Definition
- 1A palace or castle in Middle Eastern countries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how qasr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Two ruined Qasrs stand sentinel over the eastern approach to the oasis; behind them are three small patches of Ithil trees, between which and the village stand a dozen walled palm-groves […]
Etymology
Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr), from Latin castrum; compare ksar. Doublet of castrum.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.