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quietus

/kwaɪˈiːtəs/noun

quietus is spelled Q-U-I-E-T-U-S: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quietus means “A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quietus is quietuses.

How many letters and syllables are in quietus?

Letters7: Q-U-I-E-T-U-S
In writingabout once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is quietus?

Quietus appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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 quietus?

  • /kwaɪˈiːtəs/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of quietus

  • quietuses plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does quietus mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    datedA stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.

  2. 2

    datedDeath.

  3. 3

    datedFinal settlement (e.g., of a debt).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does quietus come from?

Short for Medieval Latin quiētus est (literally “he is quiet”). First attested in the 1530s. Earlier attested as Late Middle English quietus est. Doublet of coy, quiet, quit, and quite.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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