quitted

/ˈkwɪtəd/

//ˈkwɪtəd// verb

"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

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “quitted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quitted
PropertyValue
Headwordquitted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈkwɪtəd/
Letters7
Frequency rank#88,757
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “quitted” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).quittedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “quintal” (#88,756), “rahn” (#88,758), “quiff” (#88,755). Among 288 “Q” headwords, “quitted” is #88,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of quit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how quitted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He quitted the militia and engaged in trade, having brothers already established in a good way in London, which afforded him a favourable opening.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quitted"?
"quitted" is spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkwɪtəd/.
What does "quitted" mean?
As a verb, "quitted" means: simple past and past participle of quit
How do you pronounce "quitted"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quitted" is /ˈkwɪtəd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quitted", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list