quadrature

\kwa.dʁa.tyʁ\

/\kwa.dʁa.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“quadrature” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,017. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,017
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calcul d’une aire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quadrature · quadrature · French

quadrature · rank #37,017 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,017
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pérouse

Nearest frequency peer: Pérouse (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « quadrature »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « quadrature » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quadrature
PropertyValue
Headwordquadrature
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kwa.dʁa.tyʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,017
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quadrature »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.quadraturese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Pérouse » (#37,016), « Quito » (#37,018), « pujol » (#37,015). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quadrature » est au #37,017. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around quadrature (IPA \kwa.dʁa.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,017 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for quadrature, with forms such as "qaudrature", "qquadrature", and "quadarture". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is quadrature, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calcul d’une aire.
  2. 2
    Position d’une planète ou d’une lune lorsque l’angle du Soleil, de la Terre, et celle-ci vaut 90°.
  3. 3
    Déphasage d’un quart de période dans lequel sont deux grandeurs sinusoïdales de même période.
  4. 4
    Variante de cadrature.
  5. 5
    Problème insoluble. Variante abrégée de l'expression quadrature du cercle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how quadrature appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En plus de sa machine arithmétique, la première contribution importante de Leibniz aurait été, aux yeux de Huygens, la quadrature arithmétique du cercle, dont Leibniz avait rédigé le premier brouillon en octobre 1674.
  2. La lune s’est levée à minuit quarante-six minutes, montrant son demi-disque de quadrature, mais son insuffisante lumière ne me permet pas d’observer la mer dans un rayon étendu.

This word in other languages

quadrature(English)Quadratur(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qaudrature
  • qquadrature
  • quadarture
  • quaddrature
  • quadratrue
  • quadratture
  • quadratuer
  • quadraturre
  • quadrautre
  • quadrrature
  • quadrtaure
  • quardature
  • qudarature
  • uqadrature

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quadrature - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

qaudrature2qquadrature1quadarture2quaddrature1quadratrue2quadratture1quadratuer2quadraturre1
Edit distance from "quadrature"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quadrature"?
"quadrature" is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kwa.dʁa.tyʁ\.
What does "quadrature" mean?
As a noun, "quadrature" means: Calcul d’une aire.
What are common misspellings of "quadrature"?
Common misspellings include "qaudrature", "qquadrature", "quadarture", "quaddrature", "quadratrue". The correct spelling is "quadrature".
How do you pronounce "quadrature"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quadrature" is \kwa.dʁa.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quadrature" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quadrature", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

recueillent14 variantsplombiers14 variantspartirent14 variantsrudiments14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list