quadriceps
/ˈkwɒd.ɹɪ.sɛps/
"quadriceps" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quadriceps” is uncommon English (frequency #61,740 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,740
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quadriceps · quadriceps · English
quadriceps · rank #61,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,740
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH quadrilateral
Nearest frequency peer: quadrilateral (+1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “quadriceps”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- puerile
puerile
38,265 corpus weight
- Puyallup
Puyallup
38,264 corpus weight
- pyrotechnic
pyrotechnic
38,263 corpus weight
- quadriceps
quadriceps
38,261 corpus weight
- quadrilater…
quadrilateral
38,260 corpus weight
- quartile
quartile
38,259 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “quadriceps” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quadriceps |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkwɒd.ɹɪ.sɛps/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “quadriceps” in English
Rare enough to double-check
quadriceps is uncommon English at frequency #61,740 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkwɒd.ɹɪ.sɛps/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.".
No misspelling variants are generated for quadriceps in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”). The correct English form is quadriceps, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-I-C-E-P-S.
Definition
- 1A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).
Synonyms
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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.
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