quartile
/ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪl/noun, verb
quartile is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-I-L-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quartile means “Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quartile is quartiles.
How many letters and syllables are in quartile?
| Letters | 8: Q-U-A-R-T-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is quartile?
Quartile appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 quartile?
- /ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪl/
Quartile 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-quartile.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with quartile?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as quartile.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: requital.
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 quartile
- quartiles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- quartiling participle, present
- quartiled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quartile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
- 2
Any one of the four groups so divided.
This school is ranked in the first quartile.
verb
- 1
To divide into quartiles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quartile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of the three points:
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 quartile come from?
From Middle French quartil, from Medieval Latin quartilus. By surface analysis, quart + -ile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).