Québécois
/ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/
"quebecois" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Québécois” is uncommon English (frequency #58,302 among 2,880 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,302
- frequency rank, English
- 2,880
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Québécois |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Québécois” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Québécois is uncommon English at frequency #58,302 among 2,880 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec.".
Québécois has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Canadian French Québécois. The correct English form is Québécois, spelled Q-U-É-B-É-C-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1A native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec.
Etymology
From Canadian French Québécois.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Québécois”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Q-U-É-B-É-C-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.