quelque

\kɛlk\

/\kɛlk\/ adj

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The verdict

“quelque” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #230. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#230
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un parmi d’autres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quelque · quelque · French

quelque · rank #230 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #230
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH tant

Nearest frequency peer: tant (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “quelque”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “quelque” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

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).

quelque vs queue
71% similar
quelque vs quoique
71% similar
quelque vs quelques
88% similar

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

Key facts for quelque
PropertyValue
Headwordquelque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɛlk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#230
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “quelque” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.quelquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tant » (#231), « serait » (#228), « avais » (#232). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around quelque (IPA \kɛlk\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #230 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for quelque, with forms such as "qeulque", "qquelque", and "quellque". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "queue", "quoique", "quelques", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is quelque, spelled Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un parmi d’autres.
  2. 2
    Indique que l’on ignore la quantité exacte du mot déterminé, mais pas beaucoup. Utilisé avec un indénombrable.
  3. 3
    Représente un nombre relativement faible que l’on ne connaît pas. Peut se combiner avec un cardinal et et.
  4. 4
    (quelque… que) Quel que soit le ….

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au milieu, un poêle en faïence qui fumait outrageusement et dans le fourneau duquel une vieille femme accroupie cuisinait quelque mets mal odorant.
  2. — Voyons, vous devez la connaître, la dame. Dites-moi qui c’est. — Ce n’est personne, finit-il par répondre. Quelque femme.

This word in other languages

some(English)algún(Español)einige(Deutsch)algum(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qeulque
  • qquelque
  • quellque
  • quelqeu
  • quelqque
  • queluqe
  • queqlue
  • quleque
  • uqelque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quelque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

qeulque2qquelque1quellque1quelqeu2quelqque1queluqe2queqlue2quleque2
Edit distance from "quelque"

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 "quelque"?
"quelque" is spelled Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛlk\.
What does "quelque" mean?
As an adjective, "quelque" means: Un parmi d’autres.
What words are commonly confused with "quelque"?
"quelque" is commonly confused with "queue", "quoique", "quelques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quelque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quelque" is \kɛlk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quelque" come from?
"quelque" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

étaient#238enfants#243famille#244demande#249

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

parler9 variantsgrande9 variantspouvoir9 variantsailleurs9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list