Which to use
“Quintas” is a name and “quinto” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,514
- “Quintas” frequency rank
- #3,586
- “quinto” frequency rank
- 35100
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Quintas | quinto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apellido | Que ocupa el puesto siguiente al cuarto en una serie ordenada. Ordinal del cinco. |
Where the eye mixes Quintas and quinto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Quintas runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against quinto's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Quintas vs quinto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Quintas is [ˈkĩn̪t̪as] while quinto is [ˈkĩn̪t̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs num), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35100, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Quintas is recorded at frequency rank #31,514, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈkĩn̪t̪as]. quinto is at rank #3,586, tagged as anum, pronounced [ˈkĩn̪t̪o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 35100, this pair ranks #187,869 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Quintas vs quinto
Shared letters: inqtu. Private to "Quintas": as. Private to "quinto": o.
"Quintas" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "quinto" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Quintas" for "quinto" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Quintas" or "quinto" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Quintas" and "quinto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Quintas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quinto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,869 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Quintas" and "quinto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Quintas vs quistes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #187,869 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.