Quarles
"quarles" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Quarles” is uncommon English (frequency #65,431 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,431
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hamlet in Holkham parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF883387).
Corpus desk
Index EN-quarles · Quarles · English
Quarles · rank #65,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,431
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH quali
Nearest frequency peer: quali (-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 “Quarles”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pyrolysis
pyrolysis
34,573 corpus weight
- quackery
quackery
34,572 corpus weight
- quali
quali
34,571 corpus weight
- Quarles
Quarles
34,570 corpus weight
- QV
QV
34,568 corpus weight
- Rabia
Rabia
34,567 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Quarles” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quarles |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Quarles” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Quarles is uncommon English at frequency #65,431 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Quarles has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English hwerflas, plural form of hwerfel (“circle”), perhaps referred to an ancient circle of stones. The correct English form is Quarles, spelled Q-U-A-R-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1A hamlet in Holkham parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF883387).
- 2An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri, United States.
- 3A habitational surname from Old English.
- 4A pseudonym of Edgar Allan Poe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Quarles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have been reading lately what of [Francis] Quarles's poetry I could get. He was a contemporary of [George] Herbert, and a kindred spirit.
Etymology
From Old English hwerflas, plural form of hwerfel (“circle”), perhaps referred to an ancient circle of stones.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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