Quintin
/ˈkwɪn.tən/
"quintin" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Quintin” is uncommon English (frequency #73,564 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,564
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Latin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quintin · Quintin · English
Quintin · rank #73,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,564
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH Quintanilla
Nearest frequency peer: Quintanilla (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Quintin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pursuance
pursuance
26,443 corpus weight
- quarrelsome
quarrelsome
26,440 corpus weight
- Quintanilla
Quintanilla
26,438 corpus weight
- Quintin
Quintin
26,437 corpus weight
- quire
quire
26,436 corpus weight
- ralphie
ralphie
26,432 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Quintin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quintin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkwɪn.tən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Quintin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Quintin is uncommon English at frequency #73,564 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkwɪn.tən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Latin.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Quintin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: A less common form of Quentin. The correct English form is Quintin, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Latin.
Etymology
A less common form of Quentin.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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