Which to use
“quilted” is an adjective and “quoted” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,180
- “quilted” frequency rank
- #5,075
- “quoted” frequency rank
- 42255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quilted | quoted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them. | simple past and past participle of quote |
Letter map: quilted vs quoted
Shared letters muted; letters that set quilted and quoted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. quilted runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against quoted's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for quilted / quoted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quilted is anadjective and quotedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quilted is recorded at frequency rank #37,180, classified as anadj. quoted is at rank #5,075, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈkwəʊtɪd/.
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 42255, this pair ranks #250,892 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quilted vs quoted
Shared letters: deqtu. Private to "quilted": il. Private to "quoted": o.
"quilted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "quoted" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quilted" and "quoted" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "quilted" or "quoted"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "quilted" and "quoted".
- Full dictionary entry for "quilted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quoted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,892 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quilted" and "quoted" 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 #250,892 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.