quadrige
\ka.dʁiʒ\
The verdict
“quadrige” is uncommon French (frequency #76,052 among 11,618 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,052
- frequency rank, French
- 11,618
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Char antique à deux roues, attelage de quatre chevaux de front, généralement utilisé pour les courses.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quadrige |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.dʁiʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quadrige” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quadrige is uncommon French at frequency #76,052 among 11,618 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.dʁiʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for quadrige in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 quadrige, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1Char antique à deux roues, attelage de quatre chevaux de front, généralement utilisé pour les courses.
- 2Statue représentant un quadrige.
This word in other languages
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 “quadrige”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Q-U-A-D-R-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.dʁiʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.