Qwant
\kwɑ̃t\
The verdict
“Qwant” is uncommon French (frequency #58,196 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,196
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom d’un moteur de recherche français pour les recherches sur Internet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-qwant · Qwant · French
Qwant · rank #58,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,196
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH quinta
Nearest frequency peer: quinta (-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 « Qwant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pédoncule
pédoncule
41,809 corpus weight
- quinquennale
quinquennale
41,807 corpus weight
- quinta
quinta
41,806 corpus weight
- Qwant
Qwant
41,805 corpus weight
- raccordemen…
raccordements
41,804 corpus weight
- raillé
raillé
41,803 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Qwant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Qwant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kwɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Qwant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Qwant is uncommon French at frequency #58,196 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kwɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom d’un moteur de recherche français pour les recherches sur Internet.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Qwant, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Qwant, spelled Q-W-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Nom d’un moteur de recherche français pour les recherches sur Internet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Qwant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le fondateur de l’hébergeur OVHcloud, Octave Klaba, a annoncé, mardi, la signature d’un contrat d’acquisition du moteur de recherche français Qwant.
Qwant est un moteur de recherche reconnu pour ne pas tracer ses utilisateurs et ne pas collecter leurs données personnelles.
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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