Which to use
“quart” and “quarts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,733
- “quart” frequency rank
- #5,599
- “quarts” frequency rank
- 8332
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quart | quarts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie d’une unité subdivisée en quatre parties égales. 1/4. | Pluriel de quart. |
Same sound, different letters: quart vs quarts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - quart / quarts
This is the hard kind. quart and quarts are pronounced identically (\kaʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “quart” sits inside “quarts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quart is recorded at frequency rank #2,733, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʁ\. quarts is at rank #5,599, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kaʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 8332, this pair ranks #420,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quart vs quarts
Shared letters: aqrtu. Private to "quart": -. Private to "quarts": s.
"quart" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "quarts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quart" and "quarts" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "quart" or "quarts"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "quart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quarts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #420,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quart" and "quarts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quarter vs quarts". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #420,373 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.