QuintasvsquitaConfusable pair

Quick tell: Quintas is a name, quita is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Quintas” is a name and “quita” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,514
“Quintas” frequency rank
#3,511
“quita” frequency rank
35025
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Quintas quita
Definition Apellido Liberación, que otorga el acreedor al deudor, de la obligación de pagar una deuda de manera parcial o total.

Where the eye mixes Quintas and quita

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
Quintas
5 ch
quita

Visual trap between Quintas and quita

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Quintas is [ˈkĩn̪t̪as] while quita is [ˈkit̪a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Quintas is recorded at frequency rank #31,514, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈkĩn̪t̪as]. quita is at rank #3,511, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkit̪a].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 35025, this pair ranks #188,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Quintas vs quita

Shared letters: aiqtu. Private to "Quintas": ns. Private to "quita": -.

"Quintas" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "quita" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Quintasqiuntas · qquintas · quinats · quinntas · quintass · quintsa · quinttas · quitnas
  • quitaqiuta · qquita · quiat · quitta · qutia · uqita

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Quintas" and "quita" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Quintas" is a name and "quita" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Quintas" or "quita"?
"quita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,511 in our Spanish list, against #31,514 for "Quintas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Quintas" and "quita" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Quintas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #188,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Quintas" and "quita" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Quintas vs quistes". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #188,260 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list