quadrant
\kwa.dʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“quadrant” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #39,002 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,002
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quart de circonférence.
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 | quadrant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kwa.dʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quadrant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for quadrant is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kwa.dʁɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,002 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for quadrant, with forms such as "qaudrant", "qquadrant", and "quadarnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "quarante", "quadra", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 quadrant, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Quart de circonférence.
- 2Quart du plan délimité par l’axe des x et par l’axe des y sur un système de coordonnées rectangulaires.
- 3Quart du méridien terrestre.
- 4Instrument de navigation pour faire le point, équipé de deux miroirs qui permettaient de mettre en correspondance la ligne d’horizon et l’astre repère. L’octant et le sextant sont dérivés du quadrant.
- 5Unité de mesure d’angle plan égale au quart de cercle.
- 6Quart de zone délimité par les deux axes perpendiculaires, parfois utilisé en science-fiction pour délimiter la galaxie en quatre parties environ égales.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: qaudrant,qquadrant,quadarnt,quaddrant,quadrannt,quadrantt,quadratn,quadrnat,quadrrant,quardant,qudarant,uqadrant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quadrant - 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.
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Using “quadrant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Q-U-A-D-R-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kwa.dʁɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “quarante” - see the side-by-side comparison. quadrant vs quarante
- 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.