Quito

\ki.to\

/\ki.to\/ name

The verdict

“Quito” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,018. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,018
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de l’Équateur, pays d’Amérique latine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quito · Quito · French

Quito · rank #37,018 · 6 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,018
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quadrature

Nearest frequency peer: quadrature (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Quito »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Quito » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Quito vs Quiz
60% similar
Quito vs quot
40% similar
Quito vs quota
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Quito
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuito
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ki.to\
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,018
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Quito »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Quitose place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « quadrature » (#37,017), « Pérouse » (#37,016), « rachetés » (#37,020). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « Quito » est au #37,018. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Quito (IPA \ki.to\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,018 among 352 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Capitale de l’Équateur, pays d’Amérique latine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quito, with forms such as "qiuto", "qquito", and "quiot". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Quiz", "quot", "quota", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Quito, spelled Q-U-I-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capitale de l’Équateur, pays d’Amérique latine.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiuto
  • qquito
  • quiot
  • quitto
  • qutio
  • uqito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Quito - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

qiuto2qquito1quiot2quitto1qutio2uqito2
Edit distance from "Quito"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Quito"?
"Quito" is spelled Q-U-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.to\.
What does "Quito" mean?
As a proper noun, "Quito" means: Capitale de l’Équateur, pays d’Amérique latine.
What words are commonly confused with "Quito"?
"Quito" is commonly confused with "Quiz", "quot", "quota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Quito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quito" is \ki.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quito" come from?
"Quito" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list