quolibets
\kɔ.li.bɛ\
The verdict
“quolibets” is uncommon French (frequency #64,036 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,036
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de quolibet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quolibets · quolibets · French
quolibets · rank #64,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,036
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH Quirinal
Nearest frequency peer: Quirinal (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « quolibets »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Pézenas
Pézenas
35,969 corpus weight
- quads
quads
35,968 corpus weight
- questeur
questeur
35,967 corpus weight
- Quirinal
Quirinal
35,966 corpus weight
- quolibets
quolibets
35,965 corpus weight
- randos
randos
35,963 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quolibets » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quolibets |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.li.bɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quolibets » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quolibets is uncommon French at frequency #64,036 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.li.bɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de quolibet.".
No misspelling variants are generated for quolibets in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is quolibets, spelled Q-U-O-L-I-B-E-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de quolibet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quolibets appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 68, nous expérimentâmes la marche sudique entre le Congo et le Jean-Bart, utilisant de mini-échasses comme telles, ou comme des bâtons de skis de randonnée, pour rapidifier notre rythme : nous essuyâmes au passage gros rires et quolibets… et croisant aujourd’hui au Parc bordelais ces flopées de gens respectables pratiquant dévotement leur sacro-sainte…
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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