quilty
"quilty" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quilty” is uncommon English (frequency #81,734 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,734
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling or characteristic of a quilt.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quilty · quilty · English
quilty · rank #81,734 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,734
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH raconteur
Nearest frequency peer: raconteur (+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 “quilty”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Purley
Purley
18,271 corpus weight
- Pusey
Pusey
18,270 corpus weight
- quilty
quilty
18,267 corpus weight
- raconteur
raconteur
18,266 corpus weight
- Radi
Radi
18,265 corpus weight
- radionuclide
radionuclide
18,264 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “quilty” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quilty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “quilty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
quilty is uncommon English at frequency #81,734 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Resembling or characteristic of a quilt.".
Zero misspellings are on record for quilty in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From quilt + -y. The correct English form is quilty, spelled Q-U-I-L-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Resembling or characteristic of a quilt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quilty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You'll find some nice quilty gift-type items.
Etymology
From quilt + -y.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).