quartan
/ˈkwɔɹtən/noun, adjective
quartan is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-A-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quartan means “A fever whose symptoms recur every four days” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quartan is quartans.
How many letters and syllables are in quartan?
| Letters | 7: Q-U-A-R-T-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is quartan?
Quartan appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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 quartan?
- UK /ˈkwɔːtən/
- US /ˈkwɔɹtən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with quartan?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as quartan from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹtən/):
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 quartan
- quartans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quartan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
adjective
- 1
Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does quartan come from?
From Anglo-Norman quartaine, Old French quartaine, from Latin quartāna (short for febris quartana), noun use of feminine form of quartānus (“recurring every four days”), from quartus (“fourth”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).