quotient

\kɔ.sjɑ̃\

/\kɔ.sjɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“quotient” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,133
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résultat de la division d’un nombre (le dividende) par un autre (le diviseur).

Corpus desk

Index FR-quotient · quotient · French

quotient · rank #21,133 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #21,133
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH qualifient

Nearest frequency peer: qualifient (-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 « quotient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quotient » 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).

quotient vs quittent
75% similar

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

Key facts for quotient
PropertyValue
Headwordquotient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.sjɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,133
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quotient »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).quotientse 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 « qualifient » (#21,132), « rainbow » (#21,134), « pétitions » (#21,131). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quotient » est au #21,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around quotient (IPA \kɔ.sjɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,133 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for quotient, with forms such as "qoutient", "qquotient", and "quoitent". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "quittent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is quotient, spelled Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résultat de la division d’un nombre (le dividende) par un autre (le diviseur).
  2. 2
    Ensemble des classes pour une relation d'équivalence définie sur un ensemble donné.
  3. 3
    D’une manière générale, ratio ou coefficient utilisé comme indice dans un domaine spécifique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le quotient de douze divisé par trois est quatre; et celui du même nombre divisé par quatre est trois.
  2. Le dividende, le diviseur et le quotient.

Synonyms

rapportratio

This word in other languages

quotient(English)cociente(Español)Quotient(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qoutient
  • qquotient
  • quoitent
  • quoteint
  • quotiennt
  • quotientt
  • quotietn
  • quotinet
  • quottient
  • qutoient
  • uqotient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qoutient2qquotient1quoitent2quoteint2quotiennt1quotientt1quotietn2quotinet2
Edit distance from "quotient"

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 "quotient"?
"quotient" is spelled Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.sjɑ̃\.
What does "quotient" mean?
As a noun, "quotient" means: Résultat de la division d’un nombre (le dividende) par un autre (le diviseur).
What words are commonly confused with "quotient"?
"quotient" is commonly confused with "quittent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quotient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quotient" is \kɔ.sjɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quotient" come from?
"quotient" 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 "quotient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

redevenu#21,138rejoints#21,139rentrées#21,144retirant#21,148

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

rebonds11 variantspolaires11 variantspiqûres11 variantsperroquet11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list