quinconce
\kɛ̃.kɔ̃s\
The verdict
“quinconce” is uncommon French (frequency #77,840 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,840
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Groupe de cinq arbres dont quatre sont plantés en carré et le cinquième au milieu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quinconce · quinconce · French
quinconce · rank #77,840 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,840
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH qual
Nearest frequency peer: qual (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « quinconce »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- péteux
péteux
22,164 corpus weight
- quadrants
quadrants
22,163 corpus weight
- qual
qual
22,162 corpus weight
- quinconce
quinconce
22,161 corpus weight
- rabattue
rabattue
22,160 corpus weight
- rabattus
rabattus
22,159 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quinconce » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quinconce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛ̃.kɔ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,840 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quinconce » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quinconce is uncommon French at frequency #77,840 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛ̃.kɔ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
quinconce has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is quinconce, spelled Q-U-I-N-C-O-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Groupe de cinq arbres dont quatre sont plantés en carré et le cinquième au milieu.
- 2Plantation faite à distances égales en ligne droite et qui présente plusieurs allées d’arbres en différents sens.
- 3Lieu planté de cette manière.
- 4Objets disposés de cette manière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quinconce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… un cimetière d'un arpent carré fermé par une haie vive, quatre ormeaux en quinconce et une tour ruinée..
Jardin de curé, avec son quinconce de tilleuls, sa collection de dahlias et de rosiers, ses berceaux de vignes et ses espaliers de pêchers et d’abricotiers.
This word in other languages
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).