quarters
/ˈkwɔɹtɚz/noun, verb
quarters is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-E-R-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quarters means “Housing, barracks, or other habitation or living space” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in quarters?
| Letters | 8: Q-U-A-R-T-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is quarters?
Quarters appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 quarters?
- US /ˈkwɔɹtɚz/
- US /ˈkɔɹtɚz/
- UK /ˈkwɔːtəz/
Quarters has 2 syllables (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: En-us-quarters.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does quarters mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Housing, barracks, or other habitation or living space.
- 2
The place where someone or something lives.
- 3
A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
- 4
Quarterfinals.
- 5
plural of quarter.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quarters in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense housing, barracks:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Wohnraum, Quartier |
| Spanish | acuartelamiento |
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.