quatre heures

\ka.tʁ‿œʁ\

/\ka.tʁ‿œʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“quatre heures” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Collation prise au milieu de l’après-midi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quatre-heures · quatre heures · French

quatre heures · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for quatre heures
PropertyValue
Headwordquatre heures
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.tʁ‿œʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “quatre heures” sits in French frequency

quatre heures falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quatre heures is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.tʁ‿œʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Collation prise au milieu de l’après-midi.".

Zero misspellings are on record for quatre heures in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 quatre heures, spelled Q-U-A-T-R-E- -H-E-U-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Collation prise au milieu de l’après-midi.

Synonyms

goûter

This word in other languages

merienda(Español)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quatre heures"?
"quatre heures" is spelled Q-U-A-T-R-E- -H-E-U-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.tʁ‿œʁ\.
What does "quatre heures" mean?
As a noun, "quatre heures" means: Collation prise au milieu de l’après-midi.
How do you pronounce "quatre heures"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quatre heures" is \ka.tʁ‿œʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quatre heures" come from?
"quatre heures" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list