quart de finale

\kaʁ də fi.nal\

/\kaʁ də fi.nal\/ noun

The verdict

“quart de finale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Épreuve éliminatoire d’une compétition dont le vainqueur sera amené à disputer les demi-finales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quart-de-finale · quart de finale · French

quart de finale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 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.

Key facts for quart de finale
PropertyValue
Headwordquart de finale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ də fi.nal\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “quart de finale” sits in French frequency

quart de finale falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quart de finale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ də fi.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épreuve éliminatoire d’une compétition dont le vainqueur sera amené à disputer les demi-finales.".

quart de finale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 de finale, spelled Q-U-A-R-T- -D-E- -F-I-N-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Épreuve éliminatoire d’une compétition dont le vainqueur sera amené à disputer les demi-finales.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quart de finale"?
"quart de finale" is spelled Q-U-A-R-T- -D-E- -F-I-N-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ də fi.nal\.
What does "quart de finale" mean?
As a noun, "quart de finale" means: Épreuve éliminatoire d’une compétition dont le vainqueur sera amené à disputer les demi-finales.
How do you pronounce "quart de finale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quart de finale" is \kaʁ də fi.nal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quart de finale" come from?
"quart de finale" 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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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list