quintal

noun

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The verdict

“quintal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,343
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espaço aberto adjunto a uma casa

Corpus desk

Index PT-quintal · quintal · Portuguese

quintal · rank #6,343 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,343
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH quartel

Nearest frequency peer: quartel (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “quintal”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “quintal” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

quintal vs quinto
71% similar
quintal vs quitar
71% similar
quintal vs quintos
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for quintal
PropertyValue
Headwordquintal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,343
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “quintal”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).quintalcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “quartel” (#6,342), “pular” (#6,341), “proposto” (#6,338). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quintal” fica em #6,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around quintal, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,343 among 129 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for quintal, with forms such as "qiuntal", "qquintal", and "quinatl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "quinto", "quitar", "quintos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is quintal, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    espaço aberto adjunto a uma casa
  2. 2
    denominação de várias unidades de medida de massa; dependendo do país e a época, o quintal teve vários valores

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tom mudou-se para o alto do Jardim Botânico para poder olhar de cima o seu quintal favorito, onde era amigo das plantas e da bicharada.

Synonyms

pátioterreiro

This word in other languages

courtyard(English)patio(Español)cour(Français)Hof(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiuntal
  • qquintal
  • quinatl
  • quinntal
  • quintall
  • quintla
  • quinttal
  • quitnal
  • qunital
  • uqintal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qiuntal2qquintal1quinatl2quinntal1quintall1quintla2quinttal1quitnal2
Edit distance from "quintal"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quintal"?
"quintal" is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-L.
What does "quintal" mean?
As a noun, "quintal" means: espaço aberto adjunto a uma casa
What words are commonly confused with "quintal"?
"quintal" is commonly confused with "quinto", "quitar", "quintos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "quintal" come from?
"quintal" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quartel#6,342Caetano#6,383censura#6,387confuso#6,393

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

expulso10 variantsexterno10 variantslargura10 variantssincero10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list