# quit

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kwɪt/ · frequency rank #2,805

## Definitions
1. Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.

## Etymology
From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus, which itself derives from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of coy, quite, quiet, and quietus.
Compare Dutch kwijten (“to quit”), German Low German quitten (“to quit”), German quitten, quittieren, Danish kvitte, Swedish qvitta, kvitta (“to quit, leave, set off”), Icelandic kvitta.

## Easily confused with
- **quo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quit-vs-quo)
- **quiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quit-vs-quiz)
- **quite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quit-vs-quite)
- **quote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quit-vs-quote)
- **quota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quit-vs-quota)
- **quits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quit-vs-quits)
- **Quito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quit-vs-quito)
- **qi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qi-vs-quit)
- **qu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qu-vs-quit)
- **qt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qt-vs-quit)
- **que** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/que-vs-quit)
- **qin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qin-vs-quit)
- **qua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qua-vs-quit)
- **Qiu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qiu-vs-quit)
- **quad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quad-vs-quit)
- **quid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quit)
- **quay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quay-vs-quit)
- **quip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quip-vs-quit)
- **qual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qual-vs-quit)
- **quick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quick-vs-quit)

## Common misspellings (5)
`qiut`, `qquit`, `quitt`, `quti`, `uqit`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/quit