quincho
[ˈkĩnʲt͡ʃo]
The verdict
“quincho” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,474 among 3,200 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,474
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,200
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cobertizo o anexo a la vivienda, no siempre cerrado por los cuatro lados, frecuentemente techado de paja. Es utilizado generalmente para preparar comidas a la parrilla y luego para comer bajo el mi...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quincho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkĩnʲt͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quincho” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quincho is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,474 among 3,200 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkĩnʲt͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for quincho, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is quincho, spelled Q-U-I-N-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Cobertizo o anexo a la vivienda, no siempre cerrado por los cuatro lados, frecuentemente techado de paja. Es utilizado generalmente para preparar comidas a la parrilla y luego para comer bajo el mismo.
- 2Cerco formado por estacas o varas clavadas una junto a la otra.
- 3Peluquín o implante capilar ostensible.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “quincho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-I-N-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkĩnʲt͡ʃo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.