quando
\ˈkwan.do\
The verdict
“quando” is an uncommon French word, ranked #69,345 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #69,345
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quand.
| 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) |
Where “quando” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for quando is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈkwan.do\. Corpus data places it at rank #69,345 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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 “quando”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Q-U-A-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈkwan.do\ (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.