Which to use
“quilted” is an adjective and “quite” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,180
- “quilted” frequency rank
- #518
- “quite” frequency rank
- 37698
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quilted | quite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them. | To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely. |
Letter map: quilted vs quite
Shared letters muted; letters that set quilted and quite apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. quilted runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against quite's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for quilted / quite
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quilted is anadjective and quiteanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37698, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quilted is recorded at frequency rank #37,180, classified as anadj. 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 37698, this pair ranks #292,301 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quilted vs quite
Shared letters: eiqtu. Private to "quilted": dl. Private to "quite": -.
"quilted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "quite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "quilted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,301 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quilted" and "quite" 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 #292,301 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.