Which to use
“quai” and “Quiz” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,609
- “quai” frequency rank
- #19,957
- “Quiz” frequency rank
- 24566
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quai | Quiz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Levée ordinairement revêtue de pierres de taille et faite le long d’une rivière ou d’un canal, pour rendre le chemin praticable et pour empêcher le débordement de l’eau. | Quiz. |
Where the eye mixes quai and Quiz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. quai (CVVV) and Quiz (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses quai with Quiz
A purely visual mix-up. quai (\kɛ\) and Quiz (\kvɪs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quai is recorded at frequency rank #4,609, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɛ\. Quiz is at rank #19,957, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kvɪs\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24566, this pair ranks #345,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quai vs Quiz
Shared letters: iqu. Private to "quai": a. Private to "Quiz": z.
"quai" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "Quiz" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quai" and "Quiz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quai" vs "Quiz" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "quai" and "Quiz" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Quiz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quai" and "Quiz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quite vs Quiz". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #345,895 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.