quinquennat
\kɛ̃.ke.na\
The verdict
“quinquennat” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,467. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,467
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mandat de cinq ans ; exercice d’une charge dont la durée est de cinq ans ; durée de cinq ans d’une magistrature.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quinquennat · quinquennat · French
quinquennat · rank #11,467 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #11,467
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH ram
Nearest frequency peer: ram (+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 « quinquennat »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- prévisible
prévisible
88,537 corpus weight
- psychanalyse
psychanalyse
88,536 corpus weight
- quinquennat
quinquennat
88,534 corpus weight
- ram
ram
88,533 corpus weight
- redressement
redressement
88,532 corpus weight
- reliés
reliés
88,531 corpus weight
What this shows « quinquennat » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quinquennat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛ̃.ke.na\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #11,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quinquennat »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around quinquennat (IPA \kɛ̃.ke.na\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,467 among 352 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mandat de cinq ans ; exercice d’une charge dont la durée est de cinq ans ; durée de cinq ans d’une magistrature.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for quinquennat, with forms such as "qiunquennat", "qquinquennat", and "quinnquennat". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "quinquennal", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is quinquennat, spelled Q-U-I-N-Q-U-E-N-N-A-T.
Definition
- 1Mandat de cinq ans ; exercice d’une charge dont la durée est de cinq ans ; durée de cinq ans d’une magistrature.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quinquennat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On ne peut pas contenter tout le monde et son riche. Chacun sait que les allégements fiscaux décidés en début de quinquennat en faveur des plus favorisés sont comme une tunique de Nessus endossée par Emmanuel Macron. Choix tout à fait conscient : le nouveau président en espérait un « choc de confiance » qui aurait vu les « premiers de cordée » soudain ras…
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qiunquennat
- qquinquennat
- quinnquennat
- quinqeunnat
- quinqquennat
- quinquenant
- quinquenat
- quinquennatt
- quinquennta
- quinqunenat
- quinuqennat
- quiqnuennat
- quniquennat
- uqinquennat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quinquennat - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).