quels
\kɛl\
The verdict
“quels” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,933
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de quel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quels · quels · French
quels · rank #1,933 · 7 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,933
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH quelles
Nearest frequency peer: quelles (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “quels”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pouvons
pouvons
98,071 corpus weight
- pratiques
pratiques
98,070 corpus weight
- quelles
quelles
98,069 corpus weight
- quels
quels
98,068 corpus weight
- repas
repas
98,067 corpus weight
- résistance
résistance
98,066 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “quels” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quels |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɛl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “quels” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around quels (IPA \kɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,933 among 352 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de quel.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for quels, with forms such as "qeuls", "qquels", and "quells". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "quil", "ques", "queue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is quels, spelled Q-U-E-L-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de quel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quels appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les théologues sunnites essayèrent d’expliquer la raison d’être de l’institution califale, quels buts vise-t-elle à servir, quelles sont les qualifications qui devraient être requises pour pouvoir prétendre à cet office et qu’est-ce qui détermine les obligations des sujets.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qeuls
- qquels
- quells
- quelss
- quesl
- qules
- uqels
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quels - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quels", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "quels". Here's where to go from here.
- "quels" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "quil". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,933 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "Q" letter cohort. Q–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.