quinteto

/kĩ.ˈte.tu/

//kĩ.ˈte.tu// noun

The verdict

“quinteto” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,429. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,429
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - composição musical, própria para ser executada por cinco vozes ou cinco instrumentos

Corpus desk

Index PT-quinteto · quinteto · Portuguese

quinteto · rank #34,429 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,429
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH radicalismo

Nearest frequency peer: radicalismo (+2 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 “quinteto”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “quinteto” 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).

quinteto vs quinto
75% similar
quinteto vs quieto
75% similar
quinteto vs quarteto
75% similar

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

Key facts for quinteto
PropertyValue
Headwordquinteto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kĩ.ˈte.tu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,429
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “quinteto”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “radicalismo” (#34,431), “punível” (#34,426), “raivoso” (#34,433). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quinteto” fica em #34,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around quinteto (IPA /kĩ.ˈte.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,429 among 129 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for quinteto, with forms such as "qiunteto", "qquinteto", and "quinetto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "quinto", "quieto", "quarteto", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is quinteto, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    composição musical, própria para ser executada por cinco vozes ou cinco instrumentos
  2. 2
    grupo de cinco pessoas

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiunteto
  • qquinteto
  • quinetto
  • quinnteto
  • quinteot
  • quintetto
  • quintteo
  • quintteto
  • quitneto
  • quniteto
  • uqinteto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qiunteto2qquinteto1quinetto2quinnteto1quinteot2quintetto1quintteo2quintteto1
Edit distance from "quinteto"

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 "quinteto"?
"quinteto" is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kĩ.ˈte.tu/.
What does "quinteto" mean?
As a noun, "quinteto" means: composição musical, própria para ser executada por cinco vozes ou cinco instrumentos
What words are commonly confused with "quinteto"?
"quinteto" is commonly confused with "quinto", "quieto", "quarteto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quinteto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quinteto" is /kĩ.ˈte.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quinteto" come from?
"quinteto" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list