quintette

\kɛ̃.tɛt\

/\kɛ̃.tɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“quintette” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,387. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,387
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau de musique écrit pour cinq voix ou pour cinq instruments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quintette · quintette · French

quintette · rank #46,387 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,387
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quidditch

Nearest frequency peer: quidditch (-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 « quintette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quintette » 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
Key facts for quintette
PropertyValue
Headwordquintette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɛ̃.tɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#46,387
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quintette »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « quidditch » (#46,386), « quintuple » (#46,388), « questionnent » (#46,385). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quintette » est au #46,387. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around quintette (IPA \kɛ̃.tɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,387 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for quintette, with forms such as "qiuntette", "qquintette", and "quinettte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quintette, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Morceau de musique écrit pour cinq voix ou pour cinq instruments.
  2. 2
    Petit orchestre de cinq musiciens, particulièrement en jazz.
  3. 3
    Groupe de cinq personnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les quintettes de Beethoven, de Mozart.
  2. — On ne peut pas, sans blesser les lois de l’harmonie, introduire un cinquième exécutant dans un quatuor ; autrement ça cesse d’être quatuor. — Ça devient un quintette, répondit Carolus.

Synonyms

quintuor

This word in other languages

quintet(English)quinteto(Español)Quintett(Deutsch)quinteto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiuntette
  • qquintette
  • quinettte
  • quinntette
  • quintete
  • quintetet
  • quinttete
  • quinttette
  • quitnette
  • qunitette
  • uqintette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quintette - 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.

qiuntette2qquintette1quinettte2quinntette1quintete1quintetet2quinttete2quinttette1
Edit distance from "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quintette"?
"quintette" is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛ̃.tɛt\.
What does "quintette" mean?
As a noun, "quintette" means: Morceau de musique écrit pour cinq voix ou pour cinq instruments.
What are common misspellings of "quintette"?
Common misspellings include "qiuntette", "qquintette", "quinettte", "quinntette", "quintete". The correct spelling is "quintette".
How do you pronounce "quintette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quintette" is \kɛ̃.tɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quintette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quidditch#46,386quintuple#46,388rachetant#46,390rachètent#46,391

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pyjamas11 variantsprônait11 variantsrotative11 variantsrouteurs11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list