# quest

> English word · Noun · IPA /kwɛst/ · frequency rank #4,551

## Definitions
1. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
2. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
3. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
4. A request; a desire; a solicitation.
5. A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.
6. An inquest; a jury of inquest.

## Etymology
From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerere (“to ask, seek”).

## Easily confused with
- **quit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quest-vs-quit)
- **quiet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quest-vs-quiet)
- **queue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quest-vs-queue)
- **quilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quest-vs-quilt)
- **quint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quest-vs-quint)
- **Quetta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quest-vs-quetta)
- **que** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/que-vs-quest)
- **queen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/queen-vs-quest)
- **queer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/queer-vs-quest)
- **query** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/query-vs-quest)
- **quasi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quasi-vs-quest)
- **quart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quest)
- **quell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quell-vs-quest)
- **quash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quash-vs-quest)
- **quant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quant-vs-quest)
- **queasy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/queasy-vs-quest)

## Common misspellings (7)
`qeust`, `qquest`, `quesst`, `questt`, `quets`, `quset`, `uqest`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/quest