quermesse
/kɨɾ.ˈmɛ.sɨ/
The verdict
“quermesse” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,337 among 274 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,337
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 274
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - festa popular de fundo religioso realizada em diversas épocas, de acordo com cada paróquia e composta por manifestações e quitutes típicos de cada região como barracas de sorteios, jogos com prêmio...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quermesse |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɨɾ.ˈmɛ.sɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quermesse” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quermesse is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,337 among 274 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɨɾ.ˈmɛ.sɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "festa popular de fundo religioso realizada em diversas épocas, de acordo com cada paróquia e composta por manifestações e quitutes típicos de cada região como barracas de sorteios, jogos com prêmio...".
Zero misspellings are on record for quermesse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is quermesse, spelled Q-U-E-R-M-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1festa popular de fundo religioso realizada em diversas épocas, de acordo com cada paróquia e composta por manifestações e quitutes típicos de cada região como barracas de sorteios, jogos com prêmios, bebidas
This word in other languages
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “quermesse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is Q-U-E-R-M-E-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɨɾ.ˈmɛ.sɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.