quadtree
noun
quadtree is spelled Q-U-A-D-T-R-E-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quadtree means “A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to four children, most often used to partition a two-dimensional space by recursively…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quadtree is quadtrees.
How many letters and syllables are in quadtree?
| Letters | 8: Q-U-A-D-T-R-E-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 quadtree?
Quadtree appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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).
Forms of quadtree
- quadtrees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quadtree mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to four children, most often used to partition a two-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quadtree in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense treelike data structure:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Quadtree, Quaternärbaum |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does quadtree come from?
From quad- + tree, coined by Raphael Finkel and J. L. Bentley in 1974.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).