quantovsquintosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: quanto is a pronoun, quintos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“quanto” is a pronoun and “quintos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#216
“quanto” frequency rank
#49,124
“quintos” frequency rank
49340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quanto quintos
Definition qual quantidade, qual valor o inferno

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set quanto and quintos apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
quanto
7 ch
quintos

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quanto is apronoun and quintosanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quanto is recorded at frequency rank #216, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈkwɐ̃.tu/. quintos is at rank #49,124, tagged as anoun.

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 49340, this pair ranks #15,691 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of quanto vs quintos

Shared letters: noqtu. Private to "quanto": a. Private to "quintos": is.

"quanto" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "quintos" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quantoqaunto · qquanto · quannto · quanot · quantto · quatno · qunato · uqanto
  • quintosqiuntos · qquintos · quinntos · quinots · quintoss · quintso · quinttos · quitnos

Frequency comparison

quanto#216
quintos#49,124

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "quanto" and "quintos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "quanto" is a pronoun and "quintos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "quanto" or "quintos"?
"quanto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #216 in our Portuguese list, against #49,124 for "quintos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering quanto vs quintos

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a pronoun, it's “quanto”; for a noun, it's “quintos”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “quanto” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list