quasimodo

\ka.zi.mo.do\

/\ka.zi.mo.do\/ noun

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The verdict

“quasimodo” is uncommon French (frequency #51,685 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,685
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Premier dimanche après Pâques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quasimodo · quasimodo · French

quasimodo · rank #51,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,685
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quarantième

Nearest frequency peer: quarantième (-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 « quasimodo »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quasimodo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quasimodo
PropertyValue
Headwordquasimodo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.zi.mo.do\
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,685
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « quasimodo » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.quasimodotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « quarantième » (#51,684), « quatuors » (#51,686), « périphéries » (#51,683). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quasimodo » est au #51,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quasimodo is uncommon French at frequency #51,685 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.zi.mo.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Premier dimanche après Pâques.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for quasimodo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is quasimodo, spelled Q-U-A-S-I-M-O-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Premier dimanche après Pâques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le dimanche de la Quasimodo, de quasimodo.
  2. Après quasimodo, après la quasimodo.

Synonyms

dimanche de quasimodoPâques closesdimanche de Saint-Thomasdimanche in albisoctave de Pâquesfête de la quasimodo

This word in other languages

Pascoela(Português)

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 "quasimodo"?
"quasimodo" is spelled Q-U-A-S-I-M-O-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.zi.mo.do\.
What does "quasimodo" mean?
As a noun, "quasimodo" means: Premier dimanche après Pâques.
How do you pronounce "quasimodo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quasimodo" is \ka.zi.mo.do\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quasimodo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list