Which to use
“quilted” is an adjective and “quintet” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,180
- “quilted” frequency rank
- #35,037
- “quintet” frequency rank
- 72217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quilted | quintet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them. | A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians) |
Letter map: quilted vs quintet
Shared letters muted; letters that set quilted and quintet apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. quilted and quintet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for quilted / quintet
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quilted is anadjective and quintetanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72217, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quilted is recorded at frequency rank #37,180, classified as anadj. quintet is at rank #35,037, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kwɪnˈtɛt/.
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 72217, this pair ranks #43,814 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quilted vs quintet
Shared letters: eiqtu. Private to "quilted": dl. Private to "quintet": n.
"quilted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "quintet" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quilted" and "quintet" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "quilted" or "quintet"?
After this comparison
You've compared "quilted" and "quintet". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "quilted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quintet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,814 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quilted" and "quintet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quilted vs quitter". 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 #43,814 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.