quintennial

adj

"quintennial" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of quinquennial.

Corpus desk

Index EN-quintennial · quintennial · English

quintennial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for quintennial
PropertyValue
Headwordquintennial
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “quintennial” in English

quintennialsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

quintennial is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of quinquennial.".

quintennial has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From quin- (“5”) + -ennial (“year”). The correct English form is quintennial, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of quinquennial.

Etymology

From quin- (“5”) + -ennial (“year”).

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 "quintennial"?
"quintennial" is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L.
What does "quintennial" mean?
As an adjective, "quintennial" means: Synonym of quinquennial.
What is the origin of the word "quintennial"?
From quin- (“5”) + -ennial (“year”). 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