quine

\kin\

/\kin\/ noun

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The verdict

“quine” is uncommon French (frequency #57,538 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,538
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coup de dés qui amène deux cinq.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quine · quine · French

quine · rank #57,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,538
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pérignon

Nearest frequency peer: Pérignon (-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 « quine »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quine
PropertyValue
Headwordquine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kin\
Letters5
Frequency rank#57,538
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « quine » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).quinetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Pérignon » (#57,537), « quittais » (#57,539), « Pénicaud » (#57,536). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quine » est au #57,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quine is uncommon French at frequency #57,538 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

quine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is quine, spelled Q-U-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coup de dés qui amène deux cinq.
  2. 2
    Loto.
  3. 3
    Cinq numéros pris ensemble à la loterie et sortis ensemble de la roue, ou sur une même ligne horizontale, ou de même couleur, etc.
  4. 4
    Grive mauvis (oiseau).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how quine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il a amené quine.
  2. Rendons au hasard ce qui est au hasard et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu. Qu’est-ce que Waterloo ? Une victoire ? Non. Un quine.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quine"?
"quine" is spelled Q-U-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kin\.
What does "quine" mean?
As a noun, "quine" means: Coup de dés qui amène deux cinq.
How do you pronounce "quine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quine" is \kin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quine" come from?
"quine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Romeu#57,565rugir#57,568Saadi#57,579nuova#57,468

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list