# Quito

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkitoʊ/ · frequency rank #35,901

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Ecuador.
2. The capital of Pichincha province, Ecuador
3. A canton (Quito Canton) in Pichincha province, Ecuador.
4. A historical province of colonial South America, corresponding to present-day Ecuador.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Quito. Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two Tsafiki words: quitso (“center”) + to (“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."

## Easily confused with
- **quo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quito-vs-quo)
- **quiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quito-vs-quiz)
- **quote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quito-vs-quote)
- **quota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quito-vs-quota)
- **quits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quito-vs-quits)
- **quit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quit-vs-quito)
- **quid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quid-vs-quito)
- **quip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quip-vs-quito)
- **quite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quite-vs-quito)
- **quick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quick-vs-quito)
- **quiet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiet-vs-quito)
- **Quinn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinn-vs-quito)
- **quilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quilt-vs-quito)
- **quirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quirk-vs-quito)
- **quill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quill-vs-quito)
- **quint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quint-vs-quito)
- **quinoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinoa-vs-quito)
- **Quinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quinton-vs-quito)
- **keto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keto-vs-quito)

## Common misspellings (6)
`qiuto`, `qquito`, `quiot`, `quitto`, `qutio`, `uqito`

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