pentuplet

noun

"pentuplet" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pentuplet” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of quintet: A group of five, particularly musicians.

Corpus desk

Index EN-pentuplet · pentuplet · English

pentuplet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for pentuplet
PropertyValue
Headwordpentuplet
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “pentuplet” in English

pentupletfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pentuplet is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of quintet: A group of five, particularly musicians.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pentuplet in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From pentuple + -et. The correct English form is pentuplet, spelled P-E-N-T-U-P-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of quintet: A group of five, particularly musicians.

Etymology

From pentuple + -et.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pentuplet"?
"pentuplet" is spelled P-E-N-T-U-P-L-E-T.
What does "pentuplet" mean?
As a noun, "pentuplet" means: Synonym of quintet: A group of five, particularly musicians.
What is the origin of the word "pentuplet"?
From pentuple + -et. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list