quality

\ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti\

/\ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti\/ noun

The verdict

“quality” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,971
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité, propriété.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quality · quality · French

quality · rank #32,971 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,971
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH pénuries

Nearest frequency peer: pénuries (-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 « quality »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quality » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

quality vs qualif
71% similar
quality vs qualité
86% similar
quality vs qualités
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for quality
PropertyValue
Headwordquality
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,971
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quality »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pénuries » (#32,970), « quille » (#32,972), « Pythagore » (#32,969). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quality » est au #32,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around quality (IPA \ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,971 among 352 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qualité, propriété.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for quality, with forms such as "qaulity", "qquality", and "quailty". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "qualif", "qualité", "qualités", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is quality, spelled Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité, propriété.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qaulity
  • qquality
  • quailty
  • qualitty
  • qualityy
  • qualiyt
  • quallity
  • qualtiy
  • qulaity
  • uqality

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qaulity2qquality1quailty2qualitty1qualityy1qualiyt2quallity1qualtiy2
Edit distance from "quality"

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 "quality"?
"quality" is spelled Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti\.
What does "quality" mean?
As a noun, "quality" means: Qualité, propriété.
What words are commonly confused with "quality"?
"quality" is commonly confused with "qualif", "qualité", "qualités". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quality"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quality" is \ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quality" come from?
"quality" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list