quinoa

\ki.nɔ.a\

/\ki.nɔ.a\/ noun

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The verdict

“quinoa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,142
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom usuel de Chenopodium quinoa, plante de la famille des Amaranthaceae (Amaranthacées), originaire de la Cordillère des Andes, cultivée pour ses graines comestibles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quinoa · quinoa · French

quinoa · rank #32,142 · 7 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,142
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH QCM

Nearest frequency peer: QCM (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « quinoa »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « quinoa » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

quinoa vs quint
67% similar
quinoa vs Quito
50% similar
quinoa vs quinze
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for quinoa
PropertyValue
Headwordquinoa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ki.nɔ.a\
Letters6
Frequency rank#32,142
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quinoa »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).quinoase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « QCM » (#32,141), « pérenniser » (#32,140), « ralentie » (#32,144). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quinoa » est au #32,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around quinoa (IPA \ki.nɔ.a\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,142 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for quinoa, with forms such as "qiunoa", "qquinoa", and "quinao". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "quint", "Quito", "quinze", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quinoa, spelled Q-U-I-N-O-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom usuel de Chenopodium quinoa, plante de la famille des Amaranthaceae (Amaranthacées), originaire de la Cordillère des Andes, cultivée pour ses graines comestibles.
  2. 2
    Graines de cette plante cultivée à l'origine en Amérique du Sud, elles se mangent cuites et sont riches en protéines.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le quinoa est une des trois céréales anciennes que les Incas cultivaient en altitude — le kaniwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule), le kiwicha, l’amarante queue de renard (Amaranthus caudatus) et le quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa).
  2. M. Lambert, agriculteur français, a été plus heureux dans ses expériences sur le quinoa en Angleterre.

Synonyms

riz des Incas

This word in other languages

quinoa(English)quinua(Español)Quinoa(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiunoa
  • qquinoa
  • quinao
  • quinnoa
  • quiona
  • qunioa
  • uqinoa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quinoa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

qiunoa2qquinoa1quinao2quinnoa1quiona2qunioa2uqinoa2
Edit distance from "quinoa"

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 "quinoa"?
"quinoa" is spelled Q-U-I-N-O-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.nɔ.a\.
What does "quinoa" mean?
As a noun, "quinoa" means: Nom usuel de Chenopodium quinoa, plante de la famille des Amaranthaceae (Amaranthacées), originaire de la Cordillère des Andes, cultivée pour ses graines comestibles.
What words are commonly confused with "quinoa"?
"quinoa" is commonly confused with "quint", "Quito", "quinze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quinoa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quinoa" is \ki.nɔ.a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quinoa" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

potins#32,124pastor#32,108oublis#32,099sheikh#32,189

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

pâtés7 variantsrhino7 variantspiton7 variantsroyan7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list