Quevilly

name

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The verdict

“Quevilly” is uncommon French (frequency #54,193 among 11,618 “Q” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,193
frequency rank, French
11,618
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom court su Petit-Quevilly.

Key facts for Quevilly
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuevilly
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,193
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Quevilly” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Quevilly lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Quevilly is uncommon French at frequency #54,193 among 11,618 “Q” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom court su Petit-Quevilly.".

Quevilly has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Quevilly, spelled Q-U-E-V-I-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom court su Petit-Quevilly.

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 "Quevilly"?
"Quevilly" is spelled Q-U-E-V-I-L-L-Y.
What does "Quevilly" mean?
As a proper noun, "Quevilly" means: Nom court su Petit-Quevilly.
What language does "Quevilly" come from?
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Using “Quevilly”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is Q-U-E-V-I-L-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list