quatschen
\ˈkvat͡ʃn̩\
The verdict
“quatschen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bavarder, blablater.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quatschen · quatschen · French
quatschen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | quatschen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈkvat͡ʃn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quatschen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quatschen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈkvat͡ʃn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bavarder, blablater.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quatschen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is quatschen, spelled Q-U-A-T-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Bavarder, blablater.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quatschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich mag diesen Beruf wirklich gern: Ich mag es, mit unseren Kund*innen zu quatschen, und bin eine Kaffee-Enthusiastin.“
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.