quaresma
\kwa.ˈrɛs.ma\
The verdict
“quaresma” is uncommon French (frequency #89,042 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,042
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quatrième, quart.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quaresma · quaresma · French
quaresma · rank #89,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,042
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH Qingdao
Nearest frequency peer: Qingdao (-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 « quaresma »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pétillent
pétillent
10,962 corpus weight
- pêne
pêne
10,961 corpus weight
- Qingdao
Qingdao
10,960 corpus weight
- quaresma
quaresma
10,959 corpus weight
- quidams
quidams
10,957 corpus weight
- quitterez
quitterez
10,956 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quaresma » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quaresma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kwa.ˈrɛs.ma\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quaresma » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quaresma is uncommon French at frequency #89,042 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kwa.ˈrɛs.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quatrième, quart.".
quaresma has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 quaresma, spelled Q-U-A-R-E-S-M-A.
Definition
- 1Quatrième, quart.
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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