qui vs quot, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“qui” and “quot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22
“qui” frequency rank: #45,265
“quot” frequency rank: 45287
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	qui	quot
Definition	Lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles.	Combien ?

Letter map: qui vs quot

Shared letters muted; letters that set qui and quot apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. qui runs 3 letters (CVV) against quot's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch

qui

4 ch

quot

Spelling & dictionary notes on qui vs quot

qui and quot are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

qui is recorded at frequency rank #22, classified as apron, pronounced \ki\. 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 45287, this pair ranks #203,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of qui vs quot

Shared letters: qu. Private to "qui": i. Private to "quot": ot.

"qui" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "quot" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

quot ← qout · qquot · quott · quto · uqot

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "qui" for "quot" ever safe?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "qui" or "quot"?

"qui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22 in our French list, against #45,265 for "quot". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "qui" vs "quot" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "qui" 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 #203,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"qui" 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 #203,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.