quart-arrière
\ka.ʁ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\
The verdict
“quart-arrière” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Poste offensif.
| 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) |
Where “quart-arrière” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for quart-arrière is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʁ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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.
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Using “quart-arrière”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Q-U-A-R-T---A-R-R-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ʁ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.