quaffle
noun
quaffle is spelled Q-U-A-F-F-L-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quaffle means “A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quaffle is quaffles.
How many letters and syllables are in quaffle?
| Letters | 7: Q-U-A-F-F-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th 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 quaffle?
Quaffle appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 quaffle?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-quaffle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of quaffle
- quaffles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quaffle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quaffle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ball used in Quidditch:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | souafle |
| German | Quaffel |
| Portuguese | quaffle, goles |
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.