# cinque

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɪŋk/ · frequency rank #49,253

## Definitions
1. A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *pénkʷe
From Middle English cink, from Middle French cinq, from Latin cīnque, variant of quīnque. The archaic spelling cinq is taken from modern French cinq, whereas the standard spelling is perhaps influenced by Italian cinque or a misspelling of the French. The variant pronunciation /sæŋk/ is based on Modern French. Doublet of fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.

## Easily confused with
- **clique** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cinque-vs-clique)
- **cirque** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cinque-vs-cirque)
- **conquer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cinque-vs-conquer)
- **sink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cinque-vs-sink)
- **sync** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cinque-vs-sync)
- **cine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cine-vs-cinque)
- **cheque** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheque-vs-cinque)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccinque`, `cinnque`, `cinqeu`, `cinqque`, `cinuqe`, `ciqnue`, `cnique`, `icnque`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cinque