quart-arrière
\ka.ʁ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\
The verdict
“quart-arrière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poste offensif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quart-arriere · quart-arrière · French
quart-arrière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quart-arrière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quart-arrière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quart-arrière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poste offensif.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quart-arrière, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 quart-arrière, spelled Q-U-A-R-T---A-R-R-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Poste offensif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quart-arrière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deux quarts-arrières en mission pour ajouter une couche de gloire à leur héritage personnel. Le 55e Super Bowl promet son lot d’intrigues fascinantes.
Ces joueurs sont les meilleurs quarts-arrières du championnat.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.