quarter
/ˈkwɔː.tə/
The verdict
“quarter” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,577 among 364 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,577
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cuarto (la cuarta parte de algo).
Corpus desk
Index ES-quarter · quarter · Spanish
quarter · rank #62,577 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,577
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH Quintanar
Nearest frequency peer: Quintanar (+2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “quarter”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- puch
puch
37,429 corpus weight
- purpurina
purpurina
37,428 corpus weight
- péptidos
péptidos
37,427 corpus weight
- quarter
quarter
37,424 corpus weight
- Quintanar
Quintanar
37,422 corpus weight
- quirófanos
quirófanos
37,421 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “quarter” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quarter |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkwɔː.tə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “quarter” en español
Rare enough to double-check
quarter is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,577 among 364 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkwɔː.tə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for quarter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is quarter, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Cuarto (la cuarta parte de algo).
- 2Una moneda de 25 centavos.
- 3Un cuarto de hora, de onza, de milla, de yarda, etc.
- 4La región alrededor de cada uno de los cuatro puntos cardinales.
- 5Barrio o distrito.
- 6Piedad, indulgencia.
- 7La parte de la pezuña de un caballo entre el tobillo y sus dedos.
- 8Alojamiento, cuartel.
- 9Trimestre.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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