# quart

> English word · Noun · IPA /kwɔːt/ · frequency rank #28,679

## Definitions
1. A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
2. Four successive cards of the same suit.
3. A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
4. The fourth defensive position; quarte.

## Etymology
From Middle English quart, quarte, from Old French quarte, carte, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).

## Easily confused with
- **quit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quit)
- **quay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quay)
- **quiet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quiet)
- **quest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quest)
- **query** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-query)
- **quasi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quasi)
- **quilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quilt)
- **quirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quirk)
- **quash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quash)
- **quint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quint)
- **quartz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quartz)
- **quarter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quarter)
- **quartet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quartet)
- **qua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qua-vs-quart)
- **quad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quad-vs-quart)
- **qual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qual-vs-quart)
- **quake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quake-vs-quart)
- **quail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quail-vs-quart)
- **quack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quack-vs-quart)
- **quark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quark-vs-quart)

## Common misspellings (7)
`qaurt`, `qquart`, `quarrt`, `quartt`, `quatr`, `qurat`, `uqart`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/quart