Which to use
“quite” is an adverb and “quotes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #518
- “quite” frequency rank
- #4,702
- “quotes” frequency rank
- 5220
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quite | quotes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely. | plural of quote |
Letter map: quite vs quotes
Shared letters muted; letters that set quite and quotes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. quite runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against quotes's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for quite / quotes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quite is anadverb and quotesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quite is recorded at frequency rank #518, classified as anadv, pronounced /kwaɪt/. quotes is at rank #4,702, tagged as anoun.
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 5220, this pair ranks #516,139 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quite vs quotes
Shared letters: eqtu. Private to "quite": i. Private to "quotes": os.
"quite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "quotes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quite" and "quotes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "quite" or "quotes" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "quite" and "quotes". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "quite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quotes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #516,139 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quite" and "quotes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quite 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 #516,139 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.