Which to use
“quantité” and “quantités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,097
- “quantité” frequency rank
- #6,647
- “quantités” frequency rank
- 8744
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quantité | quantités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tout ce qui peut être mesuré par un nombre, et par conséquent susceptible d’accroissement ou de diminution. | Pluriel de quantité. |
Same sound, different letters: quantité vs quantités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - quantité / quantités
This is the hard kind. quantité and quantités are pronounced identically (\kɑ̃.ti.te\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “quantité” sits inside “quantités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quantité is recorded at frequency rank #2,097, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃.ti.te\. quantités is at rank #6,647, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃.ti.te\.
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 8744, this pair ranks #418,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quantité vs quantités
Shared letters: ainqtué. Private to "quantité": -. Private to "quantités": s.
"quantité" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "quantités" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quantité" and "quantités" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "quantité" or "quantités" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "quantité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quantités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #418,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quantité" and "quantités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quantiques vs quantités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #418,991 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.