quincho
[ˈkĩnʲt͡ʃo]
The verdict
“quincho” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,474 among 364 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,474
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index ES-quincho · quincho · Spanish
quincho · rank #54,474 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,474
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH rajado
Nearest frequency peer: rajado (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “quincho”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- purificada
purificada
45,531 corpus weight
- puritanos
puritanos
45,530 corpus weight
- queroseno
queroseno
45,529 corpus weight
- quincho
quincho
45,527 corpus weight
- rajado
rajado
45,526 corpus weight
- rapaz
rapaz
45,524 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “quincho” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “quincho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
quincho is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,474 among 364 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quincho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hasta hace un par de años, las soluciones no eran demasiado efectivas. El ex presidente Carlos Menem se hizo célebre por un peluquín (más conocido como 'quincho') que lo acompaño durante su primera presidencia.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).