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“quina” and “quintal” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,934
“quina” frequency rank
#6,343
“quintal” frequency rank
38277
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quina quintal
Definition ângulo, aresta, esquina espaço aberto adjunto a uma casa

Letter map: quina vs quintal

Shared letters muted; letters that set quina and quintal apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch
quina
7 ch
quintal

Corpus notes: quina and quintal

quina and quintal are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38277, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quina is recorded at frequency rank #31,934, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈki.nɐ/. quintal is at rank #6,343, 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 38277, this pair ranks #28,204 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of quina vs quintal

Shared letters: ainqu. Private to "quina": -. Private to "quintal": lt.

"quina" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "quintal" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quinaqiuna · qquina · quian · quinna · qunia · uqina
  • quintalqiuntal · qquintal · quinatl · quinntal · quintall · quintla · quinttal · quitnal

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "quina" and "quintal" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "quina" or "quintal"?
"quintal" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,343 in our Portuguese list, against #31,934 for "quina". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "quina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quintal" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,204 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quina" and "quintal" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quina vs quit". 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 #28,204 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list