quando
\ˈkwan.do\
The verdict
“quando” is uncommon French (frequency #69,345 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,345
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quando · quando · French
quando · rank #69,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,345
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH qualificatives
Nearest frequency peer: qualificatives (-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 « quando »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pétris
pétris
30,660 corpus weight
- Pétronille
Pétronille
30,659 corpus weight
- qualificati…
qualificatives
30,657 corpus weight
- quando
quando
30,656 corpus weight
- quantifiable
quantifiable
30,655 corpus weight
- Rabe
Rabe
30,653 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quando » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quando |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˈkwan.do\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quando » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quando is uncommon French at frequency #69,345 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ˈkwan.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quand.".
quando has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quando, spelled Q-U-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Quand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quando appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Io la prima volta che li ho trovati accanto ad un giacimento d'oro li ho spicozzati con la piccozza di pietra: ancora si sente l'eco delle parolacce che ho detto quando mi sono reso conto di averli distrutti!!
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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