Which to use
“quarter” and “quartiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,131
- “quarter” frequency rank
- #2,445
- “quartiers” frequency rank
- 50576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quarter | quartiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pièce d'un quart de dollar américain, soit 25 cents. | Endroit où l’on est installé ou établi. |
Where the eye mixes quarter and quartiers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. quarter runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against quartiers's 9 (CVVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: quarter vs quartiers
A purely visual mix-up. quarter (\kwaʁ.tɛʁ\) and quartiers (\kaʁ.tje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quarter is recorded at frequency rank #48,131, classified as anoun, pronounced \kwaʁ.tɛʁ\. quartiers is at rank #2,445, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kaʁ.tje\.
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 50576, this pair ranks #161,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quarter vs quartiers
Shared letters: aeqrtu. Private to "quarter": -. Private to "quartiers": is.
"quarter" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "quartiers" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quarter" and "quartiers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "quarter" or "quartiers"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "quarter" and "quartiers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quarter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quartiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quarter" and "quartiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quarter vs quartet". 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 #161,578 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.