quintuor
\kɛ̃.tɥɔʁ\
The verdict
“quintuor” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Morceau de musique écrit pour cinq voix ou pour cinq instruments.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quintuor · quintuor · French
quintuor · 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 | quintuor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛ̃.tɥɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
quintuor is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛ̃.tɥɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for quintuor in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 quintuor, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-U-O-R.
Definition
- 1Morceau de musique écrit pour cinq voix ou pour cinq instruments.
- 2Petit orchestre de cinq musiciens, particulièrement en jazz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quintuor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai, il est vrai, pris les motifs de ma 4e symphonie pour composer mon quintuor, mais j’ai fait des changements que personne que moi n’eut osé se permettre.
Synonyms
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.