quartz

/\kwaʁts\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,985

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

quartz is aFrenchnoun. It means: Espèce minérale, du groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des tectosilicates composé de dioxyde de silicium de formule SiO₂. Le quartz est le minéral le plus commun. Pronounced \kwaʁts\. Often confused with quant and quart.

Key facts for quartz
PropertyValue
Headwordquartz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kwaʁts\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,985
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quartz in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for quartz is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kwaʁts\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,985 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for quartz, with forms such as "qaurtz", "qquartz", and "quarrtz". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "quant", "quart", "quarts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is quartz, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce minérale, du groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des tectosilicates composé de dioxyde de silicium de formule SiO₂. Le quartz est le minéral le plus commun.
  2. 2
    Composant dont la propriété est d’osciller à une fréquence stable lorsqu’il est stimulé. Ses propriétés piézoélectriques permettent de coupler ses oscillations mécaniques, dont la fréquence est très stable, à un circuit électronique, ce qui permet de stabiliser la fréquence d’un oscillateur électronique. On peut également réaliser des filtres à partir de ces composants.
  3. 3
    Meuble représentant le cristal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est rarement représenté seul, mais plutôt sous forme d’un ensemble posé en faisceau. À rapprocher de diamant, émeraude et rubis.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qaurtz,qquartz,quarrtz,quarttz,quartzz,quarzt,quatrz,quratz,uqartz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quartz

Misspelling Variants of "quartz"

qaurtz6qquartz7quarrtz7quarttz7quartzz7quarzt6quatrz6quratz6
Misspelling Variants of "quartz"

Frequency rank: #15,985 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quartz"?
"quartz" is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \kwaʁts\.
What does "quartz" mean?
As a noun, "quartz" means: Espèce minérale, du groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des tectosilicates composé de dioxyde de silicium de formule SiO₂. Le quartz est le minéral le plus commun.
What words are commonly confused with "quartz"?
"quartz" is commonly confused with "quant", "quart", "quarts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quartz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quartz" is \kwaʁts\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quartz" come from?
"quartz" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.