quale
/ˈkwɑːleɪ/noun
quale is spelled Q-U-A-L-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quale means “An instance of a subjective, conscious experience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quale is qualia.
How many letters and syllables are in quale?
| Letters | 5: Q-U-A-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is quale?
Quale appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 quale?
- /ˈkwɑːleɪ/
- /-li/
- /ˈkweɪ-/
Quale has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sumxr-quale.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with quale?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as quale.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: equal.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of quale
- qualia plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quale mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instance of a subjective, conscious experience.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does quale come from?
A direct borrowing from Latin quāle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).