quinquenal
[kĩŋkeˈnal]
The verdict
“quinquenal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,493 among 3,200 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,493
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,200
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que se lleva a cabo o se repite cada cinco años.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quinquenal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kĩŋkeˈnal] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quinquenal” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quinquenal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,493 among 3,200 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kĩŋkeˈnal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for quinquenal, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is quinquenal, spelled Q-U-I-N-Q-U-E-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Que se lleva a cabo o se repite cada cinco años.
- 2Que tiene un quinquenio o lustro de duración.
- 3Que pertenece o concierne a un quinquenio o a un periodo de cinco años.
This word in other languages
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 “quinquenal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-I-N-Q-U-E-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kĩŋkeˈnal] (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.