quintal métrique
The verdict
“quintal métrique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quintal de cent kilogrammes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quintal-metrique · quintal métrique · French
quintal métrique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quintal métrique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
quintal métrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quintal de cent kilogrammes.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quintal métrique, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is quintal métrique, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-L- -M-É-T-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Quintal de cent kilogrammes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quintal métrique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les tiges vertes effeuillées peuvent se vendre de 4 à 5 fr. le quintal métrique, ce qui représenterait un produit annuel de 4,600 à 2,250 fr. par hectare, […].
En 1868, il a été fabriqué 407,000 quintaux métriques de fer au charbon de bois, valant 15,299,000 fr. ; 241,600 quintaux métriques de fer aux deux combustibles, valant 8,168,000 fr.; et 7,387,000 quintaux de fer à la houille, valant 151,923,000 fr., soit en tout 8,035,600 quintaux métriques, d'une valeur de 175,390,000 fr.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.