Which to use
“quatre” is an adjective and “quite” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #320
- “quatre” frequency rank
- #49,886
- “quite” frequency rank
- 50206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quatre | quite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Trois plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 4. | Passe de cape destinée à éloigner le taureau de l’endroit où il pourrait blesser un torero. |
Letter map: quatre vs quite
Shared letters muted; letters that set quatre and quite apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. quatre runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against quite's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: quatre vs quite
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quatre is anadjective and quiteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quatre is recorded at frequency rank #320, classified as anadj, pronounced \katʁ\. quite is at rank #49,886, tagged as anoun.
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 50206, this pair ranks #164,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quatre vs quite
Shared letters: eqtu. Private to "quatre": ar. Private to "quite": i.
"quatre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quatre" for "quite" ever safe?
Frequency check: "quatre" vs "quite" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "quatre" and "quite". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "quatre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quatre" and "quite" 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 #164,460 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.