quiescent
/kwaɪˈɛsənt/
"quiescent" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quiescent” is uncommon English (frequency #63,169 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,169
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inactive, quiet, at rest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quiescent · quiescent · English
quiescent · rank #63,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,169
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH quelling
Nearest frequency peer: quelling (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “quiescent”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- quadriplegic
quadriplegic
36,835 corpus weight
- quelling
quelling
36,833 corpus weight
- quiescent
quiescent
36,832 corpus weight
- quintessence
quintessence
36,831 corpus weight
- quizzing
quizzing
36,830 corpus weight
- Qumran
Qumran
36,829 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “quiescent” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quiescent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kwaɪˈɛsənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “quiescent” in English
Rare enough to double-check
quiescent is uncommon English at frequency #63,169 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kwaɪˈɛsənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
quiescent has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin quiēscēns, quiēscentem. The correct English form is quiescent, spelled Q-U-I-E-S-C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Inactive, quiet, at rest.
- 2Not sounded; silent.
- 3Non-proliferating.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quiescent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.
In times of national security, the feeling of Patriotism among the masses is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist—in their case national glory or national danger awakens it, and it leaps up armed cap-a-pie.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin quiēscēns, quiēscentem.
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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