quinta

/[ˈkĩn̪t̪a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,954

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

quinta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Finca rural, sobre la cual los arrendatarios pagaban un canon de una quinta₁ parte de la cosecha. Pronounced [ˈkĩn̪t̪a]. It ranks #3,954 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with quizá and quita.

Key facts for quinta
PropertyValue
Headwordquinta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkĩn̪t̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,954
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quinta in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for quinta is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkĩn̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,954 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for quinta, with forms such as "qiunta", "qquinta", and "quinat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "quizá", "quita", "Quito", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is quinta, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Finca rural, sobre la cual los arrendatarios pagaban un canon de una quinta₁ parte de la cosecha.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, finca rural de pequeño tamaño destinada a la agricultura.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, casa rodeada de jardines.
  4. 4
    Acción o efecto de quintar.
  5. 5
    Por extensión, cada camada de reclutas que se quinta o sortea en un determinado año.
  6. 6
    Por metonimia, año de nacimiento.
  7. 7
    En el juego de naipes de los cientos, conjunto de cinco naipes consecutivos del mismo palo.
  8. 8
    Quinta₁ marcha de la transmisión de un automóvil.
  9. 9
    Intervalo de siete semitonos, que cubre cinco notas de la escala.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qiunta,qquinta,quinat,quinnta,quintta,quitna,qunita,uqinta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quinta

Misspelling Variants of "quinta"

qiunta6qquinta7quinat6quinnta7quintta7quitna6qunita6uqinta6
Misspelling Variants of "quinta"

Frequency rank: #3,954 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quinta"?
"quinta" is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkĩn̪t̪a].
What does "quinta" mean?
As a noun, "quinta" means: Finca rural, sobre la cual los arrendatarios pagaban un canon de una quinta₁ parte de la cosecha.
What words are commonly confused with "quinta"?
"quinta" is commonly confused with "quizá", "quita", "Quito". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quinta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quinta" is [ˈkĩn̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quinta" come from?
"quinta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.