quatre nages
The verdict
“quatre nages” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dit d’une épreuve où le sportif pratique nages différentes, seul ou en relais.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quatre nages |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quatre nages” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for quatre nages is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “quatre nages”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Q-U-A-T-R-E- -N-A-G-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.