quitted
/ˈkwɪtəd/
"quitted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quitted” is uncommon English (frequency #88,757 among 2,880 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,757
- frequency rank, English
- 2,880
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of quit
| 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) |
Where “quitted” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quitted is uncommon English at frequency #88,757 among 2,880 “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
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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Using “quitted”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Q-U-I-T-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.