Which to use
“quatre” and “quitte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #320
- “quatre” frequency rank
- #1,752
- “quitte” frequency rank
- 2072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quatre | quitte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Trois plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 4. | Libéré d’une dette, d’une obligation, d’un devoir moral. |
Where the eye mixes quatre and quitte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. quatre and quitte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between quatre and quitte
A purely visual mix-up. quatre (\katʁ\) and quitte (\kit\) 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 2072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quatre is recorded at frequency rank #320, classified as anadj, pronounced \katʁ\. quitte is at rank #1,752, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kit\.
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 2072, this pair ranks #436,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quatre vs quitte
Shared letters: eqtu. Private to "quatre": ar. Private to "quitte": i.
"quatre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quitte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quatre" and "quitte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "quatre" or "quitte" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "quatre" and "quitte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quatre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quitte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quatre" and "quitte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quite vs quitte". 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 #436,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.