quitanvsquitaráConfusable pair

Which to use

“quitan” and “quitará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,056
“quitan” frequency rank
#32,835
“quitará” frequency rank
42891
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quitan quitará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de quitar o de quitarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de quitar o de quitarse.

Where the eye mixes quitan and quitará

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

6 ch
quitan
7 ch
quitará

Why the eye confuses quitan with quitará

A purely visual mix-up. quitan ([ˈkit̪ãn]) and quitará ([kit̪aˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quitan is recorded at frequency rank #10,056, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkit̪ãn]. quitará is at rank #32,835, tagged as averb, pronounced [kit̪aˈɾa].

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 42891, this pair ranks #145,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of quitan vs quitará

Shared letters: aiqtu. Private to "quitan": n. Private to "quitará": .

"quitan" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "quitará" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quitanqiutan · qquitan · quiatn · quitann · quittan · qutian · uqitan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "quitan" and "quitará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkit̪ãn] versus [kit̪aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "quitan" vs "quitará" - which ranks higher?
"quitan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,056 in our Spanish list, against #32,835 for "quitará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quitan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quitará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #145,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quitan" and "quitará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quitaban vs quitará". 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 #145,715 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