quicksilver
\ˈkwɪk.ˌsɪl.vɚ\
The verdict
“quicksilver” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vif-argent (mercure).
Corpus desk
Index FR-quicksilver · quicksilver · French
quicksilver · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | quicksilver |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkwɪk.ˌsɪl.vɚ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
quicksilver is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkwɪk.ˌsɪl.vɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quicksilver, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quicksilver, spelled Q-U-I-C-K-S-I-L-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Vif-argent (mercure).
- 2Amalgame d’étain et de vif-argent utilisé pour la fabrication de certains miroirs dits miroirs amalgames ou miroirs à amalgame.
Synonyms
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.