# quince

> English word · Noun · IPA /kwɪns/ · frequency rank #34,657

## Definitions
1. The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
2. The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
3. A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.

## Etymology
From Middle English quynce, coince, a variant of coins, coin (“quince”), from Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum, from Latin mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium (“Cydonian apple”), translating Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion).

## Easily confused with
- **quite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quince-vs-quite)
- **Quinn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quince-vs-quinn)
- **quint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quince-vs-quint)
- **Quincy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quince-vs-quincy)
- **quinoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quince-vs-quinoa)
- **quintet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quince-vs-quintet)
- **quick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quick-vs-quince)
- **quench** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quench-vs-quince)
- **quiche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiche-vs-quince)

## Common misspellings (8)
`qiunce`, `qquince`, `quicne`, `quincce`, `quinec`, `quinnce`, `qunice`, `uqince`

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