Which to use
“quinte” is a noun and “quinze” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,314
- “quinte” frequency rank
- #2,955
- “quinze” frequency rank
- 31269
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quinte | quinze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Intervalle de cinq notes consécutives, y compris les deux extrêmes. | Quatorze plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 15. |
Where the eye mixes quinte and quinze
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. quinte and quinze follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: quinte vs quinze
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quinte is \kɛ̃t\ while quinze is \kɛ̃z\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - t in “quinte” becomes z in “quinze”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quinte is recorded at frequency rank #28,314, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɛ̃t\. quinze is at rank #2,955, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɛ̃z\.
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 31269, this pair ranks #304,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quinte vs quinze
Shared letters: einqu. Private to "quinte": t. Private to "quinze": z.
"quinte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quinze" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quinte" and "quinze" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "quinte" vs "quinze" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "quinte" and "quinze" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quinte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quinze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quinte" and "quinze" 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 #304,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.