quinte

/\kɛ̃t\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,314

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

quinte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Intervalle de cinq notes consécutives, y compris les deux extrêmes. Pronounced \kɛ̃t\. Often confused with quote and Quito.

Key facts for quinte
PropertyValue
Headwordquinte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɛ̃t\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,314
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quinte in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for quinte is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɛ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,314 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for quinte, with forms such as "qiunte", "qquinte", and "quinet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "quote", "Quito", "quite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is quinte, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Intervalle de cinq notes consécutives, y compris les deux extrêmes.
  2. 2
    Suite non interrompue de cinq cartes.
  3. 3
    Cinquième garde.
  4. 4
    Accès de toux violent et prolongé.
  5. 5
    Caprice, bizarrerie, accès de mauvaise humeur qui prend tout d’un coup.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qiunte,qquinte,quinet,quinnte,quintte,quitne,qunite,uqinte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quinte

Misspelling Variants of "quinte"

qiunte6qquinte7quinet6quinnte7quintte7quitne6qunite6uqinte6
Misspelling Variants of "quinte"

Frequency rank: #28,314 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quinte"?
"quinte" is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛ̃t\.
What does "quinte" mean?
As a noun, "quinte" means: Intervalle de cinq notes consécutives, y compris les deux extrêmes.
What words are commonly confused with "quinte"?
"quinte" is commonly confused with "quote", "Quito", "quite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quinte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quinte" is \kɛ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quinte" come from?
"quinte" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter Q in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.