quintet
\kɛ̃.tɛt\
The verdict
“quintet” is uncommon French (frequency #60,312 among 11,618 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,312
- frequency rank, French
- 11,618
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de quintette.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quintet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛ̃.tɛt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quintet” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quintet is uncommon French at frequency #60,312 among 11,618 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛ̃.tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de quintette.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quintet, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quintet, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-T.
Definition
- 1Variante de quintette.
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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Using “quintet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Q-U-I-N-T-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.