quadra
\kwa.dʁa\
The verdict
“quadra” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,884
- frequency rank, French
- 11,618
- “Q” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quadragénaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quadra · quadra · French
quadra · rank #49,884 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,884
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 11,618
- PHOTO-FINISH pétroles
Nearest frequency peer: pétroles (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “quadra”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pullman
pullman
50,121 corpus weight
- Péloponnèse
Péloponnèse
50,120 corpus weight
- pétroles
pétroles
50,119 corpus weight
- quadra
quadra
50,117 corpus weight
- quite
quite
50,115 corpus weight
- quitterai
quitterai
50,114 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “quadra” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quadra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kwa.dʁa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quadra” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around quadra (IPA \kwa.dʁa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,884 among 11,618 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Quadragénaire.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for quadra, with forms such as "qaudra", "qquadra", and "quadar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "quart", "quatre", "quadrant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is quadra, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A.
Definition
- 1Quadragénaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quadra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour les jeunes ou les quadras qui se remettent à la moto après plusieurs années d’abstinence, elle offre une prise en main enfantine.
Et entre orgues et chœurs, leur musique plaira au rookie alléché par l'image grand-guignolesque comme au quadra fan de classic-rock.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qaudra
- qquadra
- quadar
- quaddra
- quadrra
- quarda
- qudara
- uqadra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quadra - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quadra", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.