au quart de tour
\o kaʁ də tuʁ\
The verdict
“au quart de tour” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rapidement et de manière optimale, pour une machine, un élément mécanique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | au quart de tour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o kaʁ də tuʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “au quart de tour” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for au quart de tour is 16 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o kaʁ də tuʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
au quart de tour has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is au quart de tour, spelled A-U- -Q-U-A-R-T- -D-E- -T-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Rapidement et de manière optimale, pour une machine, un élément mécanique.
- 2Immédiatement et rapidement, en parlant d’une personne, de ses émotions.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “au quart de tour”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U- -Q-U-A-R-T- -D-E- -T-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o kaʁ də tuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.