Quintana
[kĩn̪ˈt̪ana]
The verdict
“Quintana” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,773. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,773
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-quintana · Quintana · Spanish
Quintana · rank #7,773 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,773
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH proteínas
Nearest frequency peer: proteínas (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Quintana”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- primas
primas
92,231 corpus weight
- problemática
problemática
92,230 corpus weight
- proteínas
proteínas
92,229 corpus weight
- Quintana
Quintana
92,228 corpus weight
- rapidez
rapidez
92,227 corpus weight
- raros
raros
92,226 corpus weight
What this shows “Quintana” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quintana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kĩn̪ˈt̪ana] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Quintana”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Quintana (IPA [kĩn̪ˈt̪ana]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,773 among 364 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Apellido.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quintana, with forms such as "qiuntana", "qquintana", and "quinatna". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "quitan", "quitaba", "Quintas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Quintana, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qiuntana
- qquintana
- quinatna
- quinntana
- quintaan
- quintanna
- quintnaa
- quinttana
- quitnana
- qunitana
- uqintana
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Quintana - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Quintana", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).