While the etymon of this form is Latin qui + cumque, the word often seems to have been reinterpreted as qui + que­ + unc, and many variants seem to reflect this (e.g. quiqunke may also be interpreted as qui q’unke). Whereas (apparently) straightforward instances of qui que unc or qui unc have been interpreted as locutions under quique and qui¹ respectively, most such attestations or spellings are listed here as variants (or deviants) of quicunque.

As with qui¹ and que¹, quicunque and quecunque have been separated, although semantically they overlap completely. There must have been further confusion in medieval times with quelcunques, which, again, has similar senses.