quest
\kveːst\
The verdict
“quest” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,534. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,534
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de quesen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quest · quest · French
quest · rank #17,534 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,534
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH péripéties
Nearest frequency peer: péripéties (-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 “quest”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- propulsion
propulsion
82,470 corpus weight
- péripéties
péripéties
82,468 corpus weight
- quest
quest
82,467 corpus weight
- quota
quota
82,466 corpus weight
- racontant
racontant
82,465 corpus weight
- raisonnable…
raisonnablement
82,464 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “quest” 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 | quest |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kveːst\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “quest” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around quest (IPA \kveːst\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,534 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for quest, with forms such as "qeust", "qquest", and "quesst". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "quot", "queue", "quête", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is quest, spelled Q-U-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de quesen.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de quesen.
- 3Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de quesen.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de quesen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qeust
- qquest
- quesst
- questt
- quets
- quset
- uqest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quest - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quest", 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 "quest". Here's where to go from here.
- "quest" maps to 13 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "quot". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,534 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.