quitta

\ki.ta\

/\ki.ta\/ verb

The verdict

“quitta” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,986
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de quitter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quitta · quitta · French

quitta · rank #15,986 · 6 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,986
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quartz

Nearest frequency peer: quartz (-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 « quitta »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quitta » 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).

quitta vs quota
67% similar
quitta vs quitte
83% similar
quitta vs quitter
71% similar

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

Key facts for quitta
PropertyValue
Headwordquitta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ki.ta\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,986
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quitta »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).quittase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « quartz » (#15,985), « quittera » (#15,987), « pénalités » (#15,983). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quitta » est au #15,986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around quitta (IPA \ki.ta\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,986 among 352 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de quitter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for quitta, with forms such as "qiutta", "qquitta", and "quita". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "quota", "quitte", "quitter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is quitta, spelled Q-U-I-T-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de quitter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En 1814, fatigué de travaux constants, M. de Sérisy, dont la santé délabrée exigeait du repos, résigna tous ses emplois, quitta le gouvernement à la tête duquel l’Empereur l’avait mis, et vint à Paris où Napoléon, forcé par l’évidence, lui rendit justice.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiutta
  • qquitta
  • quita
  • quitat
  • qutita
  • uqitta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quitta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

qiutta2qquitta1quita1quitat2qutita2uqitta2
Edit distance from "quitta"

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 "quitta"?
"quitta" is spelled Q-U-I-T-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.ta\.
What does "quitta" mean?
As a verb, "quitta" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de quitter.
What words are commonly confused with "quitta"?
"quitta" is commonly confused with "quota", "quitte", "quitter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quitta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quitta" is \ki.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quitta" come from?
"quitta" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 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