quintovsquintosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#4,587
“quinto” frequency rank
#49,124
“quintos” frequency rank
53711
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quinto quintos
Definition ordem de um elemento em um conjunto, que ocupe a posição equivalente ao número cinco. o inferno

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set quinto and quintos apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
quinto
7 ch
quintos

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quinto is anadjective and quintosanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “quinto” sits inside “quintos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quinto is recorded at frequency rank #4,587, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈkĩ.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 53711, this pair ranks #11,842 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of quinto vs quintos

Shared letters: inoqtu. Private to "quinto": -. Private to "quintos": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quintoqiunto · qquinto · quinnto · quinot · quintto · quitno · qunito · uqinto
  • quintosqiuntos · qquintos · quinntos · quinots · quintoss · quintso · quinttos · quitnos

Frequency comparison

quinto#4,587
quintos#49,124

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "quinto" and "quintos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "quinto" is an adjective and "quintos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "quinto" or "quintos"?
"quinto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,587 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 quinto vs quintos

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “quinto”; for a noun, it's “quintos”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “quinto” 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