quinzaine

\kɛ̃.zɛn\

/\kɛ̃.zɛn\/ noun

The verdict

“quinzaine” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,428
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réunion de choses de même nature, au nombre de quinze ou à peu près.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quinzaine · quinzaine · French

quinzaine · rank #6,428 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,428
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH prévus

Nearest frequency peer: prévus (-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 « quinzaine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quinzaine » 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 quinzaine
PropertyValue
Headwordquinzaine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɛ̃.zɛn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,428
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quinzaine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.quinzainese 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 « prévus » (#6,427), « préfèrent » (#6,426), « racistes » (#6,430). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quinzaine » est au #6,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around quinzaine (IPA \kɛ̃.zɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,428 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for quinzaine, with forms such as "qiunzaine", "qquinzaine", and "quinazine". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is quinzaine, spelled Q-U-I-N-Z-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réunion de choses de même nature, au nombre de quinze ou à peu près.
  2. 2
    Quinze jours ; deux semaines.
  3. 3
    L’une des moitié d’un mois.
  4. 4
    Salaire versé tous les quinze jours.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On nous a, en effet, envoyé pour la détermination une liane caoutchoutifère congolaise pouvant atteindre une quinzaine de mètres de hauteur et dont les tiges, privées de vrilles, sont volubiles.
  2. On cueillait depuis une quinzaine de jours, au long des routes vicinales, aux orées des « longs champs », autour des villages, sur des lieues et des lieues de terroir, par toutes les vallées.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiunzaine
  • qquinzaine
  • quinazine
  • quinnzaine
  • quinzaien
  • quinzainne
  • quinzanie
  • quinziane
  • quinzzaine
  • quiznaine
  • qunizaine
  • uqinzaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qiunzaine2qquinzaine1quinazine2quinnzaine1quinzaien2quinzainne1quinzanie2quinziane2
Edit distance from "quinzaine"

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 "quinzaine"?
"quinzaine" is spelled Q-U-I-N-Z-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛ̃.zɛn\.
What does "quinzaine" mean?
As a noun, "quinzaine" means: Réunion de choses de même nature, au nombre de quinze ou à peu près.
What are common misspellings of "quinzaine"?
Common misspellings include "qiunzaine", "qquinzaine", "quinazine", "quinnzaine", "quinzaien". The correct spelling is "quinzaine".
How do you pronounce "quinzaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quinzaine" is \kɛ̃.zɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quinzaine" come from?
"quinzaine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list