quittant

\ki.tɑ̃\

/\ki.tɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“quittant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,889
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de quitter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quittant · quittant · French

quittant · rank #13,889 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,889
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quimper

Nearest frequency peer: quimper (-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 « quittant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quittant » 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).

quittant vs quittent
88% similar
quittant vs quittons
75% similar
quittant vs quitta
75% similar

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

Key facts for quittant
PropertyValue
Headwordquittant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ki.tɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,889
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quittant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).quittantse 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 « quimper » (#13,888), « rapportés » (#13,890), « quatuor » (#13,887). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quittant » est au #13,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around quittant (IPA \ki.tɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,889 among 352 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de quitter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for quittant, with forms such as "qiuttant", "qquittant", and "quitant". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "quittent", "quittons", "quitta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is quittant, spelled Q-U-I-T-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de quitter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’était une journée de solitude glorieuse pour le jeune garçon qui, épuisé mais heureux s’apprêtait à désaccastiller, quand soudain, quittant les véhicules alignés au dessus de la plage déserte, un petit groupe d’hommes se laissa glisser le long du mur de remblai.
  2. Le ferrmier Hourdequin était allé déjeuner à Cloyes, au sortir de la messe, on avait nocé très tard, et les deux garçons arrivaient seulement, ne se quittant plus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiuttant
  • qquittant
  • quitant
  • quitatnt
  • quittannt
  • quittantt
  • quittatn
  • quittnat
  • qutitant
  • uqittant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quittant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

qiuttant2qquittant1quitant1quitatnt2quittannt1quittantt1quittatn2quittnat2
Edit distance from "quittant"

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 "quittant"?
"quittant" is spelled Q-U-I-T-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.tɑ̃\.
What does "quittant" mean?
As a verb, "quittant" means: Participe présent de quitter.
What words are commonly confused with "quittant"?
"quittant" is commonly confused with "quittent", "quittons", "quitta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quittant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quittant" is \ki.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quittant" come from?
"quittant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list