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qt

noun

qt is spelled Q-T: 2 letters. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, qt means “Abbreviation of quart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of qt is qts.

How many letters and syllables are in qt?

Letters2: Q-T
In writing1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is qt?

Qt appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce qt?

  • Australia
  • US

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-qt.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-QT.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with qt

Also written: cutie.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of qt

  • q.t.
  • qts plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does qt mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Abbreviation of quart.

  2. 2

    slangAbbreviation of quiet, used in the expression on the Q.T., meaning secretly or in confidence.

  3. 3

    slangQuality time.

  4. 4

    slangAlternative spelling of cutie.

noun

as QT
  1. 1

    Initialism of quarter time.

  2. 2

    A QT interval.

  3. 3

    Initialism of queer theory.

  4. 4

    informalInitialism of quality time.

  5. 5

    slangAlternative form of qt (“quiet”).

  6. 6

    slangAlternative letter-case form of qt (“cutie”).

adjective

as QT
  1. 1

    Initialism of queer and trans.

verb

as QT
  1. 1

    informalrareTo quantum tunnel (to move or travel from one point or direction to another in a very quick, rapid, or effortless manner.)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does qt come from?

By abbreviation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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