quatorzième

\ka.tɔʁ.zjɛm\

/\ka.tɔʁ.zjɛm\/ adj

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The verdict

“quatorzième” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,347
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adjectif ordinal, correspondant au cardinal quatorze.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quatorzieme · quatorzième · French

quatorzième · rank #24,347 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,347
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH qualitative

Nearest frequency peer: qualitative (-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 « quatorzième »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quatorzième » 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).

quatorzième vs quatrième
82% similar
quatorzième vs XIVe
9% similar

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

Key facts for quatorzième
PropertyValue
Headwordquatorzième
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.tɔʁ.zjɛm\
Letters11
Frequency rank#24,347
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quatorzième »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).quatorzièmese 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 « qualitative » (#24,346), « pécheurs » (#24,345), « quittée » (#24,349). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quatorzième » est au #24,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around quatorzième (IPA \ka.tɔʁ.zjɛm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,347 among 352 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Adjectif ordinal, correspondant au cardinal quatorze.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for quatorzième, with forms such as "qautorzième", "qquatorzième", and "quaotrzième". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "quatrième", "XIVe", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is quatorzième, spelled Q-U-A-T-O-R-Z-I-È-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Adjectif ordinal, correspondant au cardinal quatorze.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’objet que fabrique vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre la presse confiée à Bernard Busard, est un carrosse Louis quatorzième, aux angles surmontés de plumets. Un jouet, qu’on peut acheter au rayon Enfants de certains magasins à succursales multiples.
  2. Le major Parker et le docteur le suivirent dans la rue, mais Aurelle, qui rimaillait encore, resta avec le Padre qui recommençait la même réussite pour la quatorzième fois de la soirée.

This word in other languages

fourteenth(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qautorzième
  • qquatorzième
  • quaotrzième
  • quatorizème
  • quatorrzième
  • quatorzieme
  • quatorzimèe
  • quatorzièem
  • quatorzièmme
  • quatorzzième
  • quatorzèime
  • quatozrième
  • quatrozième
  • quattorzième
  • qutaorzième
  • uqatorzième

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qautorzième2qquatorzième1quaotrzième2quatorizème2quatorrzième1quatorzieme1quatorzimèe2quatorzièem2
Edit distance from "quatorzième"

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 "quatorzième"?
"quatorzième" is spelled Q-U-A-T-O-R-Z-I-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.tɔʁ.zjɛm\.
What does "quatorzième" mean?
As an adjective, "quatorzième" means: Adjectif ordinal, correspondant au cardinal quatorze.
What words are commonly confused with "quatorzième"?
"quatorzième" is commonly confused with "quatrième", "XIVe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quatorzième"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quatorzième" is \ka.tɔʁ.zjɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quatorzième" come from?
"quatorzième" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

qualitative#24,346raffinement#24,351reconnaîtra#24,354rencontrant#24,361

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

renforcées16 variantsperturbant16 variantsrédactions16 variantsréglementé16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list