Which to use
“quit” is an adjective and “quiz” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,805
- “quit” frequency rank
- #9,385
- “quiz” frequency rank
- 12190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quit | quiz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid. | An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing. |
Where the eye mixes quit and quiz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quit is /kwɪt/ while quiz is /kwɪz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - t in “quit” becomes z in “quiz”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quit is recorded at frequency rank #2,805, classified as anadj, pronounced /kwɪt/. quiz is at rank #9,385, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kwɪz/.
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 12190, this pair ranks #482,942 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quit vs quiz
Shared letters: iqu. Private to "quit": t. Private to "quiz": z.
"quit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "quiz" · 4 letters · shape CVVC