quincunce
[kĩŋˈkũnse]
The verdict
“quincunce” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disposición geométrica de cinco piezas de modo que cuatro se sitúan en las esquinas de un cuadrado y la restante en el cruce de sus diagonales, tal como ocurre con la cara que representa al número ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-quincunce · quincunce · Spanish
quincunce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quincunce |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kĩŋˈkũnse] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “quincunce” en español
Rare enough to double-check
quincunce is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kĩŋˈkũnse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disposición geométrica de cinco piezas de modo que cuatro se sitúan en las esquinas de un cuadrado y la restante en el cruce de sus diagonales, tal como ocurre con la cara que representa al número ...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quincunce, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is quincunce, spelled Q-U-I-N-C-U-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Disposición geométrica de cinco piezas de modo que cuatro se sitúan en las esquinas de un cuadrado y la restante en el cruce de sus diagonales, tal como ocurre con la cara que representa al número cinco en un dado estándar.
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.