Which to use
“quil” is a noun and “quot” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,225
- “quil” frequency rank
- #45,265
- “quot” frequency rank
- 60490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quil | quot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cri perçant, glapissement. | Combien ? |
Letter map: quil vs quot
Shared letters muted; letters that set quil and quot apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. quil and quot follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for quil / quot
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quil 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 60490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quil is recorded at frequency rank #15,225, classified as anoun, pronounced \kil\. 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 60490, this pair ranks #97,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quil vs quot
Shared letters: qu. Private to "quil": il. Private to "quot": ot.
"quil" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "quot" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quil" for "quot" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "quil" or "quot" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "quil" and "quot".
- Full dictionary entry for "quil" 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 #97,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quil" 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 #97,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.