Quintal
[kvɪnˈtaːl]
The verdict
“Quintal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Schweiz, Frankreich, Spanien sowie mittel- und südamerikanischen Staaten verbreitete frühere Gewichtseinheit, die ungefähr 50 kg oder 100 kg entspricht
Corpus desk
Index DE-quintal · Quintal · German
Quintal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quintal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kvɪnˈtaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Quintal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Quintal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kvɪnˈtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Schweiz, Frankreich, Spanien sowie mittel- und südamerikanischen Staaten verbreitete frühere Gewichtseinheit, die ungefähr 50 kg oder 100 kg entspricht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Quintal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Quintal, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1in der Schweiz, Frankreich, Spanien sowie mittel- und südamerikanischen Staaten verbreitete frühere Gewichtseinheit, die ungefähr 50 kg oder 100 kg entspricht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Quintal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die [äthiopische] Miliz heißt schon Weizen-Miliz, weil sie mit Weizen bezahlt wird, einem Quintal, einem Doppelzentner als Monatssold.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.