quelquetième
\kɛl.kə.tjɛm\
The verdict
“quelquetième” 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) - Qui concerne l’ordinal ou la fraction quelquetième.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quelquetieme · quelquetième · French
quelquetième · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | quelquetième |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɛl.kə.tjɛm\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quelquetième » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quelquetième is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɛl.kə.tjɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui concerne l’ordinal ou la fraction quelquetième.".
quelquetième has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 quelquetième, spelled Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E-T-I-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne l’ordinal ou la fraction quelquetième.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quelquetième appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Donnez-moi un quelquetième gâteau.
On prendra le quelquetième appel.
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.