# quint

> English word · Noun · IPA /kwɪnt/ · frequency rank #45,025

## Definitions
1. An interval of one fifth.
2. The E string of a violin.
3. In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
4. a quin or quintuplet.
5. A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
6. quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.

## Etymology
* From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus. Doublet of quintus.
* (firefighting vehicle): In reference to its five functions: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders.

## Easily confused with
- **quit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quit)
- **quiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quiz)
- **quip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quip)
- **quite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quite)
- **quits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quits)
- **quirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quirk)
- **Quito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quito)
- **quintet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quintet)
- **Quinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quinton)
- **qin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qin-vs-quint)
- **quid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quint)
- **qing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qing-vs-quint)
- **quick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quick-vs-quint)
- **quiet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiet-vs-quint)
- **quest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quest-vs-quint)
- **Quinn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quint)
- **quilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quilt-vs-quint)
- **quill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quill-vs-quint)
- **quart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quart-vs-quint)
- **quant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quant-vs-quint)

## Common misspellings (7)
`qiunt`, `qquint`, `quinnt`, `quintt`, `quitn`, `qunit`, `uqint`

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