quintade
/ˈkwɪn.teɪd/
"quintade" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quintade” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of pentad: A 5-year period, particularly in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quintade · quintade · English
quintade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | quintade |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkwɪn.teɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “quintade” in English
Rare enough to double-check
quintade is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkwɪn.teɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of pentad: A 5-year period, particularly in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for quintade in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of quint- (“five”) and decade (“10-year period”). The correct English form is quintade, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of pentad: A 5-year period, particularly in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quintade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thus it appears, that the greatest number of cases of uterine cancer occurs between the ages of 30 and 40, and 40 and 45; that nearly equal numbers take place in the first decade, and the latter quintade; that, nevertheless, if the quintades of the latter decade be conjoined, very nearly double the number (201) take place in the decade between 40 and 50,…
The number of deaths by each of these is set down in parallel columns for different ages from one year up to five, and in quintades, from five to a hundred.
Etymology
Blend of quint- (“five”) and decade (“10-year period”).
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.