quarantaine

\ka.ʁɑ̃.tɛn\

/\ka.ʁɑ̃.tɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“quarantaine” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,737
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de quarante ou environ.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quarantaine · quarantaine · French

quarantaine · rank #6,737 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,737
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH pénale

Nearest frequency peer: pénale (-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 « quarantaine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quarantaine » 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
Key facts for quarantaine
PropertyValue
Headwordquarantaine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁɑ̃.tɛn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,737
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quarantaine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).quarantainese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pénale » (#6,736), « quatorze » (#6,738), « pénal » (#6,735). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quarantaine » est au #6,737. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around quarantaine (IPA \ka.ʁɑ̃.tɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,737 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for quarantaine, with forms such as "qaurantaine", "qquarantaine", and "quaarntaine". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is quarantaine, spelled Q-U-A-R-A-N-T-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de quarante ou environ.
  2. 2
    Âge d’environ quarante ans.
  3. 3
    Période de la vie entre 40 et 49 ans.
  4. 4
    Isolement sanitaire imposé (de quarante jours à l’origine) d’une personne ou d’un animal atteint ou susceptible d’être atteint d’une maladie contagieuse.
  5. 5
    Isolement, exclusion forcée ou volontaire.
  6. 6
    Isolement d'un fichier suspect par un antivirus, pour l'empêcher d’interagir avec le système.
  7. 7
    Durée du carême.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how quarantaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le lendemain, je me rendis à bord du Rochester, où une quarantaine d’officiers, réunis à leur mess autour d’une table immense, me firent une excellente réception.
  2. La distribution se fait à raison d’un bouteillon pour quarante et chaque quarantaine désigne deux hommes pour transporter le précieux récipient tandis que les autres attendent, assis dans l’herbe déjà binée par la multitude des pieds traînants.

This word in other languages

forties(English)cuarentena(Español)quarentena(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qaurantaine
  • qquarantaine
  • quaarntaine
  • quaranatine
  • quaranntaine
  • quarantaien
  • quarantainne
  • quarantanie
  • quarantiane
  • quaranttaine
  • quaratnaine
  • quarnataine
  • quarrantaine
  • quraantaine
  • uqarantaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qaurantaine2qquarantaine1quaarntaine2quaranatine2quaranntaine1quarantaien2quarantainne1quarantanie2
Edit distance from "quarantaine"

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 "quarantaine"?
"quarantaine" is spelled Q-U-A-R-A-N-T-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁɑ̃.tɛn\.
What does "quarantaine" mean?
As a noun, "quarantaine" means: Ensemble de quarante ou environ.
What are common misspellings of "quarantaine"?
Common misspellings include "qaurantaine", "qquarantaine", "quaarntaine", "quaranatine", "quaranntaine". The correct spelling is "quarantaine".
How do you pronounce "quarantaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quarantaine" is \ka.ʁɑ̃.tɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quarantaine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

proviennent#6,734ouvertement#6,723affirmation#6,776autochtones#6,783

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

régulation15 variantscomparable15 variantsadolescent15 variantsconstituée15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list