Which to use
“quilt” and “quint” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,036
- “quilt” frequency rank
- #45,025
- “quint” frequency rank
- 66061
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quilt | quint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design. | An interval of one fifth. |
Where the eye mixes quilt and quint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. quilt and quint follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses quilt with quint
A purely visual mix-up. quilt (/ˈkwɪlt/) and quint (/kwɪnt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - l in “quilt” becomes n in “quint”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66061, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quilt is recorded at frequency rank #21,036, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkwɪlt/. quint is at rank #45,025, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kwɪnt/.
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 66061, this pair ranks #69,814 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quilt vs quint
Shared letters: iqtu. Private to "quilt": l. Private to "quint": n.
"quilt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "quint" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quilt" and "quint" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quilt" vs "quint" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "quilt" and "quint" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quilt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,814 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quilt" and "quint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quant vs quint". 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 #69,814 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.