Which to use
“quai” is a noun and “quot” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,609
- “quai” frequency rank
- #45,265
- “quot” frequency rank
- 49874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quai | quot |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Combien ? |
Letter map: quai vs quot
Shared letters muted; letters that set quai and quot apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. quai (CVVV) and quot (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for quai / quot
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quai is anoun and quotapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49874, 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\. quot is at rank #45,265, tagged as apron.
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 49874, this pair ranks #167,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quai vs quot
Shared letters: qu. Private to "quai": ai. Private to "quot": ot.
"quai" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "quot" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quai" for "quot" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've compared "quai" and "quot". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "quai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quai" and "quot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quite vs quot". 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 #167,210 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.