Which to use
“quint” and “quinte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,956
- “quint” frequency rank
- #28,314
- “quinte” frequency rank
- 48270
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quint | quinte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cinquième partie dans quelque somme, dans quelque marché, dans quelque succession. | Intervalle de cinq notes consécutives, y compris les deux extrêmes. |
Where the eye mixes quint and quinte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. quint runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against quinte's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: quint vs quinte
A purely visual mix-up. quint (\kɛ̃\) and quinte (\kɛ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “quint” sits inside “quinte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quint is recorded at frequency rank #19,956, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɛ̃\. quinte is at rank #28,314, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɛ̃t\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 48270, this pair ranks #180,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quint vs quinte
Shared letters: inqtu. Private to "quint": -. Private to "quinte": e.
"quint" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "quinte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quint" and "quinte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quint" vs "quinte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "quint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quinte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #180,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quint" and "quinte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quinte vs quite". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #180,253 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.