quintaesencia

[kĩn̪t̪aeˈsẽnsja]

/[kĩn̪t̪aeˈsẽnsja]/ noun

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The verdict

“quintaesencia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,222 among 3,200 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,222
frequency rank, Spanish
3,200
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En la cosmología aristotélica, la sustancia que forma los astros y, en general, las esferas supralunares de los cielos, por oposición a los cuatro elementos de Empédocles que participarían de los c...

Key facts for quintaesencia
PropertyValue
Headwordquintaesencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kĩn̪t̪aeˈsẽnsja]
Letters13
Frequency rank#67,222
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “quintaesencia” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). quintaesencia lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quintaesencia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,222 among 3,200 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kĩn̪t̪aeˈsẽnsja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quintaesencia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is quintaesencia, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-E-S-E-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    En la cosmología aristotélica, la sustancia que forma los astros y, en general, las esferas supralunares de los cielos, por oposición a los cuatro elementos de Empédocles que participarían de los cuerpos sublunares.
  2. 2
    Entre los alquimistas, principio fundamental de la composición de los cuerpos, por cuyo medio esperaban operar la transmutación de los metales.
  3. 3
    Lo más puro, más fino y acendrado de una cosa.
  4. 4
    Forma hipotética de energía que se postula para explicar las observaciones del universo en expansión acelerada.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quintaesencia"?
"quintaesencia" is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-E-S-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kĩn̪t̪aeˈsẽnsja].
What does "quintaesencia" mean?
As a noun, "quintaesencia" means: En la cosmología aristotélica, la sustancia que forma los astros y, en general, las esferas supralunares de los cielos, por oposición a los cuatro elementos de Empédocles que participarían de los c...
How do you pronounce "quintaesencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quintaesencia" is [kĩn̪t̪aeˈsẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quintaesencia" come from?
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Using “quintaesencia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-I-N-T-A-E-S-E-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kĩn̪t̪aeˈsẽnsja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list