Which to use
“quilted” is an adjective and “quitter” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,180
- “quilted” frequency rank
- #49,577
- “quitter” frequency rank
- 86757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quilted | quitter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them. | Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus. |
Letter map: quilted vs quitter
Shared letters muted; letters that set quilted and quitter apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. quilted and quitter 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 / quitter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quilted is anadjective and quitteranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quilted is recorded at frequency rank #37,180, classified as anadj. quitter is at rank #49,577, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkwɪ.tə/.
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 86757, this pair ranks #8,537 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quilted vs quitter
Shared letters: eiqtu. Private to "quilted": dl. Private to "quitter": r.
"quilted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "quitter" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quilted" and "quitter" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "quilted" vs "quitter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "quilted" and "quitter".
- Full dictionary entry for "quilted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quitter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,537 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quilted" and "quitter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quitter vs quiver". 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 #8,537 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.