quatorze

\ka.tɔʁz\

/\ka.tɔʁz\/ adj

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The verdict

“quatorze” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,738. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,738
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Treize plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 14.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quatorze · quatorze · French

quatorze · rank #6,738 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,738
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quarantaine

Nearest frequency peer: quarantaine (-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 « quatorze »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quatorze » 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).

quatorze vs quatre
75% similar

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

Key facts for quatorze
PropertyValue
Headwordquatorze
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.tɔʁz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,738
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quatorze »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).quatorzese 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 « quarantaine » (#6,737), « rappelons » (#6,739), « pénale » (#6,736). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quatorze » est au #6,738. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around quatorze (IPA \ka.tɔʁz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,738 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for quatorze, with forms such as "qautorze", "qquatorze", and "quaotrze". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "quatre", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is quatorze, spelled Q-U-A-T-O-R-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Treize plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 14.
  2. 2
    Quatorzième.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après tout, la population du globe est, dit-on, de quatorze cents millions d’âmes, et à trente-deux dents par habitant, cela fait près de quarante-cinq milliards.
  2. Mais d’abord, nierez-vous qu’en Bretagne des monomanes de l’ingurgitation absorbent par jour jusqu’à quatorze litres de cidre ?

This word in other languages

fourteen(English)catorce(Español)vierzehn(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qautorze
  • qquatorze
  • quaotrze
  • quatorez
  • quatorrze
  • quatorzze
  • quatozre
  • quatroze
  • quattorze
  • qutaorze
  • uqatorze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qautorze2qquatorze1quaotrze2quatorez2quatorrze1quatorzze1quatozre2quatroze2
Edit distance from "quatorze"

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 "quatorze"?
"quatorze" is spelled Q-U-A-T-O-R-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.tɔʁz\.
What does "quatorze" mean?
As an adjective, "quatorze" means: Treize plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 14.
What words are commonly confused with "quatorze"?
"quatorze" is commonly confused with "quatre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quatorze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quatorze" is \ka.tɔʁz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quatorze" come from?
"quatorze" 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 "quatorze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

profitez#6,733reporter#6,745opposant#6,722réplique#6,754

Similar misspelling depth

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

records11 variantsremplis11 variantsprenons11 variantssignalé11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list