quartet
/kwɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛt/noun
quartet is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-E-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quartet means “A group of four people or things, particularly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quartet is quartets.
How many letters and syllables are in quartet?
| Letters | 7: Q-U-A-R-T-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th 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 quartet?
Quartet appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 quartet?
- /kwɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛt/
Quartet 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-quartet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of quartet
- quartets plural
- quartette
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quartet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A group of four people or things, particularly
- 2
A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.
The string quartet played some chamber music.
- 3
A musical composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
He composed a string quartet.
- 4
A group of four singers that sing together in four-part harmony.
The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quartet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.
Where does quartet come from?
From French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto and quartetto.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).