quintilla
[kĩn̪ˈt̪iʝa]
The verdict
“quintilla” 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) - Combinación métrica de cinco versos octosílabos, con dos diferentes consonancias, y ordenados generalmente de modo que no vayan juntos los tres a que corresponde una de ellas, ni los dos últimos se...
Corpus desk
Index ES-quintilla · quintilla · Spanish
quintilla · 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 | quintilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kĩn̪ˈt̪iʝa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “quintilla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
quintilla is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kĩn̪ˈt̪iʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
quintilla doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 quintilla, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Combinación métrica de cinco versos octosílabos, con dos diferentes consonancias, y ordenados generalmente de modo que no vayan juntos los tres a que corresponde una de ellas, ni los dos últimos sean pareados.
- 2Combinación de cinco versos de métrica variada con dos distintas consonancias.
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.