Quebec
/kwɪˈbɛk/
"quebec" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Quebec” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,486. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,486
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quebec · Quebec · English
Quebec · rank #7,486 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,486
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH priced
Nearest frequency peer: priced (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Quebec”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- poker
poker
92,518 corpus weight
- portable
portable
92,517 corpus weight
- priced
priced
92,516 corpus weight
- Quebec
Quebec
92,515 corpus weight
- randomly
randomly
92,514 corpus weight
- realizing
realizing
92,512 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Quebec” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quebec |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kwɪˈbɛk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Quebec” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Quebec (IPA /kwɪˈbɛk/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,486 among 288 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quebec, with forms such as "qeubec", "qquebec", and "qubeec". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "queen", "queue", "queer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”). Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g (“plug”), and Mi'kmaq Kepinkek. It originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. The name of the city pr… The correct English form is Quebec, spelled Q-U-E-B-E-C.
Definition
- 1A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal.
- 2The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.
- 3Other places elsewhere:
- 4Other places elsewhere:
- 5Other places elsewhere:
- 6Other places elsewhere:
- 7A surname from French.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Quebec appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.
Etymology
From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”). Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g (“plug”), and Mi'kmaq Kepinkek. It originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. The name of the city preceded that of the province.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qeubec
- qquebec
- qubeec
- quebbec
- quebce
- quebecc
- queebc
- uqebec
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Quebec - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Quebec", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Quebec" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "queen". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,486 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "Q" letter cohort. Q–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.