Which to use
“quake” is a noun and “quite” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,100
- “quake” frequency rank
- #518
- “quite” frequency rank
- 16618
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quake | quite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A trembling or shaking. | To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely. |
Where the eye mixes quake and quite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quake is /kweɪk/ while quite is /kwaɪt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quake is recorded at frequency rank #16,100, classified as anoun, pronounced /kweɪk/. quite is at rank #518, tagged as anadv, pronounced /kwaɪt/.
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 16618, this pair ranks #456,628 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quake vs quite
Shared letters: equ. Private to "quake": ak. Private to "quite": it.
"quake" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "quite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV