quasi

\ka.zi\

/\ka.zi\/ noun

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The verdict

“quasi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,332
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau de la cuisse d’un bœuf ou d’un veau, placé sous le gîte à la noix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quasi · quasi · French

quasi · rank #2,332 · 5 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,332
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH professionnel…

Nearest frequency peer: professionnelle (-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 « quasi »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quasi » 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).

quasi vs qui
60% similar
quasi vs quoi
60% similar
quasi vs ques
60% similar

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

Key facts for quasi
PropertyValue
Headwordquasi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.zi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,332
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quasi »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.quasise place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « professionnelle » (#2,331), « remise » (#2,333), « principales » (#2,330). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quasi » est au #2,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around quasi (IPA \ka.zi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,332 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for quasi, with forms such as "qausi", "qquasi", and "quassi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "qui", "quoi", "ques", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is quasi, spelled Q-U-A-S-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Morceau de la cuisse d’un bœuf ou d’un veau, placé sous le gîte à la noix.
  2. 2
    Partie d’un jambon située à l’opposé du pied.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un quasi de veau.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qausi
  • qquasi
  • quassi
  • qusai
  • uqasi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quasi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

qausi2qquasi1quassi1qusai2uqasi2
Edit distance from "quasi"

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 "quasi"?
"quasi" is spelled Q-U-A-S-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.zi\.
What does "quasi" mean?
As a noun, "quasi" means: Morceau de la cuisse d’un bœuf ou d’un veau, placé sous le gîte à la noix.
What words are commonly confused with "quasi"?
"quasi" is commonly confused with "qui", "quoi", "ques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quasi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quasi" is \ka.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quasi" come from?
"quasi" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perso#2,326mange#2,323tombé#2,342Lille#2,321

Similar misspelling depth

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

doux5 variantsbain5 variantspote5 variantsmini5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list