# quintet

> English word · Noun · IPA /kwɪnˈtɛt/ · frequency rank #35,037

## Definitions
1. A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
2. A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
3. Any group of five members

## Etymology
From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).

## Easily confused with
- **quite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quintet-vs-quite)
- **Quinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quintet-vs-quinton)
- **quitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quintet-vs-quitter)
- **quiet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiet-vs-quintet)
- **quint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quintet)
- **quince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quince-vs-quintet)
- **quartet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quartet-vs-quintet)
- **quieter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quieter-vs-quintet)
- **quilted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quilted-vs-quintet)
- **quietest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quietest-vs-quintet)

## Common misspellings (10)
`qiuntet`, `qquintet`, `quinett`, `quinntet`, `quintett`, `quintte`, `quinttet`, `quitnet`, `qunitet`, `uqintet`

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