quart

\kaʁ\

/\kaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“quart” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,733
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie d’une unité subdivisée en quatre parties égales. 1/4.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quart · quart · French

quart · rank #2,733 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,733
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH propositions

Nearest frequency peer: propositions (-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 « quart »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quart » 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).

quart vs quot
60% similar
quart vs quasi
60% similar
quart vs quest
60% similar

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

Key facts for quart
PropertyValue
Headwordquart
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,733
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quart »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).quartse 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 « propositions » (#2,732), « remis » (#2,734), « portent » (#2,731). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quart » est au #2,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around quart (IPA \kaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,733 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for quart, with forms such as "qaurt", "qquart", and "quarrt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "quot", "quasi", "quest", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quart, spelled Q-U-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie d’une unité subdivisée en quatre parties égales. 1/4.
  2. 2
    Le quart d’une heure, soit quinze minutes.
  3. 3
    Un changement de travailleurs, en particulier un groupe de travailleurs ou une période de temps de travail.
  4. 4
    Le quart de l’unité sous-entendue, qui était souvent la livre (soit dans ce cas 125 grammes), mais qui peut aussi être le kilogramme (le quart valant alors 250 grammes) ou une autre unité. Reste usité pour le quart de litre, soit 25 centilitres.
  5. 5
    Temps, en général de quatre heures, pendant lequel une personne ou une équipe est de service.
  6. 6
    Temps de veille d’une vigie, d’une sentinelle.
  7. 7
    Petit gobelet de fer-blanc avec une anse qui contient un quart de litre, la ration de vin ou de café des soldats et qui faisait partie du paquetage.
  8. 8
    Bouteille de vin, correspondant environ au quart d’une bouteille classique de 75 cL, soit 20 cL.
  9. 9
    Commissaire de police, par extension poste de police.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Groenland […] est, après l’Australie, la plus grande île du monde ; son étendue correspond approximativement au quart de celle de l’Europe.
  2. Servier […] est le premier Français depuis plus d’un quart de siècle à avoir passé brillamment une thèse sur l’ethnologie des Berbères.

Synonyms

picollo

This word in other languages

quarter(English)cuarto(Español)Viertel(Deutsch)quarto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qaurt
  • qquart
  • quarrt
  • quartt
  • quatr
  • qurat
  • uqart

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quart - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

qaurt2qquart1quarrt1quartt1quatr2qurat2uqart2
Edit distance from "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quart"?
"quart" is spelled Q-U-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ\.
What does "quart" mean?
As a noun, "quart" means: Partie d’une unité subdivisée en quatre parties égales. 1/4.
What words are commonly confused with "quart"?
"quart" is commonly confused with "quot", "quasi", "quest". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quart"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quart" is \kaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quart" come from?
"quart" 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 "quart", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

remis#2,734pause#2,730sucre#2,742Loire#2,722

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

offert7 variantsdélai7 variantsbillet7 variantsbière7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list