quatre nages
The verdict
“quatre nages” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’une épreuve où le sportif pratique nages différentes, seul ou en relais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quatre-nages · quatre nages · French
quatre nages · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quatre nages |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quatre nages » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quatre nages is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit d’une épreuve où le sportif pratique nages différentes, seul ou en relais.".
quatre nages doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 quatre nages, spelled Q-U-A-T-R-E- -N-A-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’une épreuve où le sportif pratique nages différentes, seul ou en relais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quatre nages appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puis, l'année suivante, elle est triple championne d'Europe du 100 m dos, du 400 m nage libre et du 4 x 100 m quatre nages.
L'objectif sera d'obtenir une bonne maîtrise des quatre nages, des départs et des virages à allure lente avec des bases solides (gainage, coordination) sur lesquelles on pourra s'appuyer pour commencer l'entraînement.
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.