quarterly
\ˈkwɔɹ.tɚ.li\
The verdict
“quarterly” is uncommon French (frequency #54,823 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,823
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trimestriel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quarterly · quarterly · French
quarterly · rank #54,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,823
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH périmées
Nearest frequency peer: périmées (-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 « quarterly »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pâtit
pâtit
45,181 corpus weight
- périmées
périmées
45,179 corpus weight
- quarterly
quarterly
45,178 corpus weight
- quittance
quittance
45,177 corpus weight
- radeaux
radeaux
45,176 corpus weight
- ralentissant
ralentissant
45,175 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quarterly » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quarterly |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈkwɔɹ.tɚ.li\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quarterly » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quarterly is uncommon French at frequency #54,823 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈkwɔɹ.tɚ.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for quarterly in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is quarterly, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-E-R-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Trimestriel.
- 2Écartélé ; partagé en quatre quartiers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quarterly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The coat of arms of the Hohenzollerns is quarterly argent and sable.
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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