quartier

\kaʁ.tje\

/\kaʁ.tje\/ noun

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The verdict

“quartier” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#986
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quart, une des quatre parties plus ou moins égales d'un tout.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quartier · quartier · French

quartier · rank #986 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #986
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH physique

Nearest frequency peer: physique (-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 « quartier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quartier » 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).

quartier vs quartiers
89% similar
quartier vs quartet
75% similar
quartier vs quarter
88% similar

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

Key facts for quartier
PropertyValue
Headwordquartier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.tje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#986
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quartier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).quartierse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « physique » (#985), « rendez » (#987), « montrer » (#984). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quartier » est au #986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around quartier (IPA \kaʁ.tje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #986 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 19 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for quartier, with forms such as "qaurtier", "qquartier", and "quariter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "quartiers", "quartet", "quarter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is quartier, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quart, une des quatre parties plus ou moins égales d'un tout.
  2. 2
    Partie d'un corps supplicié par écartèlement.
  3. 3
    Division de certains fruits.
  4. 4
    Bois fendu.
  5. 5
    Partie importante d'un tout.
  6. 6
    Contrée ; pays.
  7. 7
    Partie d'une ville ayant une personnalité, une physionomie propre, une certaine unité.
  8. 8
    Quartier à problèmes, mal fréquenté.
  9. 9
    Hameau, petite localité à l'écart du bourg principal d'une commune.
  10. 10
    Phase de la lune.
  11. 11
    Division d'un écu écartelé.
  12. 12
    Division d'un écu écartelé.
  13. 13
    Division d'un écu écartelé.
  14. 14
    Division d'un écu écartelé.
  15. 15
    Caserne, lieu de cantonnement des troupes.
  16. 16
    Caserne, lieu de cantonnement des troupes.
  17. 17
    Partie du soulier qui couvre le talon lorsqu’on est chaussé, et à laquelle sont attachées les oreilles qui servent à attacher la boucle.
  18. 18
    Quart d'une année ; trimestre.
  19. 19
    Salaire ou émolument versé trimestriellement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Veux-tu un autre quartier de pomme ?
  2. Le pis de la vache comporte quatre quartiers.

Synonyms

quartgousseblocmorceaupièceportiontranchearrondissementdistrictvoisinagetierquartierkartiéquarter-ter

This word in other languages

segment(English)cuarto(Español)Viertel(Deutsch)bairro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qaurtier
  • qquartier
  • quariter
  • quarrtier
  • quarteir
  • quartierr
  • quartire
  • quarttier
  • quatrier
  • quratier
  • uqartier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quartier - 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.

qaurtier2qquartier1quariter2quarrtier1quarteir2quartierr1quartire2quarttier1
Edit distance from "quartier"

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 "quartier"?
"quartier" is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.tje\.
What does "quartier" mean?
As a noun, "quartier" means: Quart, une des quatre parties plus ou moins égales d'un tout.
What words are commonly confused with "quartier"?
"quartier" is commonly confused with "quartiers", "quartet", "quarter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quartier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quartier" is \kaʁ.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quartier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quartier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

physique#985commerce#977principe#1,007prochain#1,008

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

meilleurs11 variantsprojets11 variantsexplique11 variantscritique11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list