quartel

//kwɐɾ.ˈtɛɫ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,342

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

quartel is aPortuguesenoun. It means: conjunto de instalações onde se alojam tropas e se guarda o respectivo equipamento Pronounced /kwɐɾ.ˈtɛɫ/. It ranks #6,342 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with quarto and quartzo.

Key facts for quartel
PropertyValue
Headwordquartel
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kwɐɾ.ˈtɛɫ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,342
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quartel in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for quartel is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kwɐɾ.ˈtɛɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,342 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for quartel, with forms such as "qaurtel", "qquartel", and "quaretl". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "quarto", "quartzo", "quarter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is quartel, spelled Q-U-A-R-T-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    conjunto de instalações onde se alojam tropas e se guarda o respectivo equipamento
  2. 2
    abrigo, casa, domicílio, valhacouto
  3. 3
    quarta parte de um todo
  4. 4
    período de vinte e cinco anos

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qaurtel,qquartel,quaretl,quarrtel,quartell,quartle,quarttel,quatrel,quratel,uqartel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quartel

Misspelling Variants of "quartel"

qaurtel7qquartel8quaretl7quarrtel8quartell8quartle7quarttel8quatrel7
Misspelling Variants of "quartel"

Frequency rank: #6,342 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quartel"?
"quartel" is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /kwɐɾ.ˈtɛɫ/.
What does "quartel" mean?
As a noun, "quartel" means: conjunto de instalações onde se alojam tropas e se guarda o respectivo equipamento
What words are commonly confused with "quartel"?
"quartel" is commonly confused with "quarto", "quartzo", "quarter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quartel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quartel" is /kwɐɾ.ˈtɛɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quartel" come from?
"quartel" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter Q in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.