quinteto

//kĩ.ˈte.tu// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,429

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

quinteto is aPortuguesenoun. It means: composição musical, própria para ser executada por cinco vozes ou cinco instrumentos Pronounced /kĩ.ˈte.tu/. Often confused with quinto and quieto.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quinteto in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for quinteto is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kĩ.ˈte.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,429 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for quinteto, with forms such as "qiunteto", "qquinteto", and "quinetto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is quinteto, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quinteto

Misspelling Variants of "quinteto"

qiunteto8qquinteto9quinetto8quinnteto9quinteot8quintetto9quintteo8quintteto9
Misspelling Variants of "quinteto"

Frequency rank: #34,429 in Portuguese

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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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter Q in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.