quitted
/ˈkwɪtəd/
"quitted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quitted” is uncommon English (frequency #88,757 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,757
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of quit
Corpus desk
Index EN-quitted · quitted · English
quitted · rank #88,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,757
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH quintal
Nearest frequency peer: quintal (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “quitted”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pushup
pushup
11,251 corpus weight
- quadrille
quadrille
11,248 corpus weight
- quiff
quiff
11,246 corpus weight
- quintal
quintal
11,245 corpus weight
- quitted
quitted
11,244 corpus weight
- rahn
rahn
11,243 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “quitted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quitted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈkwɪtəd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “quitted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
quitted is uncommon English at frequency #88,757 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈkwɪtəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of quit".
No misspelling variants are generated for quitted in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is quitted, spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of quit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quitted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He quitted the militia and engaged in trade, having brothers already established in a good way in London, which afforded him a favourable opening.
Casting my eyes about, I beheld no living object; but was sensible of a very peculiar stirring far below me, amongst the whispering rushes of the pestilential swamp I had lately quitted.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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