quinconces
\kɛ̃.kɔ̃s\
The verdict
“quinconces” is uncommon French (frequency #90,087 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,087
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de quinconce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quinconces · quinconces · French
quinconces · rank #90,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,087
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH quien
Nearest frequency peer: quien (-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 « quinconces »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- quartile
quartile
9,917 corpus weight
- queux
queux
9,916 corpus weight
- quien
quien
9,915 corpus weight
- quinconces
quinconces
9,914 corpus weight
- quis
quis
9,913 corpus weight
- R0
R0
9,912 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quinconces » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quinconces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛ̃.kɔ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quinconces » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quinconces is uncommon French at frequency #90,087 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛ̃.kɔ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de quinconce.".
quinconces has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is quinconces, spelled Q-U-I-N-C-O-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de quinconce.
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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