qualifies

\ka.li.fi\

/\ka.li.fi\/ verb

The verdict

“qualifies” is uncommon French (frequency #93,138 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,138
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de qualifier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-qualifies · qualifies · French

qualifies · rank #93,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,138
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quadripartite

Nearest frequency peer: quadripartite (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « qualifies »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « qualifies » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for qualifies
PropertyValue
Headwordqualifies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ka.li.fi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,138
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « qualifies » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).qualifiestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « quadripartite » (#93,137), « quadriller » (#93,136), « radiocommunication » (#93,141). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « qualifies » est au #93,138. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

qualifies is uncommon French at frequency #93,138 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.li.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for qualifies in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is qualifies, spelled Q-U-A-L-I-F-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de qualifier.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de qualifier.

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 "qualifies"?
"qualifies" is spelled Q-U-A-L-I-F-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.li.fi\.
What does "qualifies" mean?
As a verb, "qualifies" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de qualifier.
How do you pronounce "qualifies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "qualifies" is \ka.li.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "qualifies" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list