Which to use
“Quintas” is a name and “quistes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,514
- “Quintas” frequency rank
- #46,768
- “quistes” frequency rank
- 78282
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Quintas | quistes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apellido | Forma del plural de quiste. |
Where the eye mixes Quintas and quistes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Quintas and quistes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Quintas vs quistes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Quintas is [ˈkĩn̪t̪as] while quistes is [ˈkist̪es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78282, 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]. quistes is at rank #46,768, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkist̪es].
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 78282, this pair ranks #14,681 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Quintas vs quistes
Shared letters: iqstu. Private to "Quintas": an. Private to "quistes": e.
"Quintas" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "quistes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Quintas" and "quistes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Quintas" or "quistes" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Quintas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,681 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Quintas" and "quistes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quiste 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 #14,681 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.