quitter
\ki.te\
The verdict
“quitter” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,538
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laisser quelqu’un quelque part ; se séparer de lui.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quitter · quitter · French
quitter · rank #1,538 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,538
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH propriété
Nearest frequency peer: propriété (-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 « quitter »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- privée
privée
98,466 corpus weight
- propriétaire
propriétaire
98,465 corpus weight
- propriété
propriété
98,464 corpus weight
- quitter
quitter
98,463 corpus weight
- quotidien
quotidien
98,462 corpus weight
- soldats
soldats
98,460 corpus weight
What this shows « quitter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quitter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ki.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quitter »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around quitter (IPA \ki.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,538 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for quitter, with forms such as "qiutter", "qquitter", and "quiter". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "quittez", "quittés", "quittera", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is quitter, spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Laisser quelqu’un quelque part ; se séparer de lui.
- 2Se retirer de quelque part.
- 3Abandonner une chose, y renoncer, cesser de s’y appliquer, de s’y adonner. Se désister de quelque chose, y renoncer.
- 4Sortir ; s'éloigner.
- 5Ôter quelque chose de dessus soi, s’en dépouiller, s’en débarrasser.
- 6Céder, délaisser.
- 7Exempter, affranchir, décharger, tenir quitte, dispenser.
- 8S’en aller, se retirer de quelque travail, de quelque engagement.
- 9(Ivoirisme) (Intransitif) S'éloigner, cesser, abandonner une position, partir, venir de, être originaire de
- 10Mourir, partir
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quitter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], et, songeant qu’il faudrait bientôt nous quitter, nous nous assîmes tristement près de l’âtre où dansait la flamme rouge.
Après deux jours d'absence, nous revenions à Rockall ramenant une nuée de mouettes qui avaient quitté leur îlot pour nous accompagner ; […].
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qiutter
- qquitter
- quiter
- quitetr
- quitterr
- quittre
- qutiter
- uqitter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quitter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).