quinteux
\kɛ̃.tø\
The verdict
“quinteux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est fantasque, qui est sujet à des quintes, à des accès de mauvaise humeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quinteux · quinteux · French
quinteux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | quinteux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɛ̃.tø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quinteux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quinteux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɛ̃.tø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est fantasque, qui est sujet à des quintes, à des accès de mauvaise humeur.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for quinteux, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is quinteux, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est fantasque, qui est sujet à des quintes, à des accès de mauvaise humeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quinteux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tantôt la créature la plus douce est quinteuse, et jamais les quinteuses ne deviennent douces ; […]. Je suis las du mariage.
Le harnais de tête était si chargé de pompons, de houppes et de fanfreluches, qu’à peine pouvait-on démêler à travers leurs mèches éparses le fil revêche et rechigné du quinteux animal.
This word in other languages
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.