Which to use
“quille” is a noun and “quitte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,972
- “quille” frequency rank
- #1,752
- “quitte” frequency rank
- 34724
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quille | quitte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie fixe et immergée de la coque sous le bateau faisant office de dérive fixe et de contrepoids à la gîte. | Libéré d’une dette, d’une obligation, d’un devoir moral. |
Where the eye mixes quille and quitte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. quille and quitte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: quille vs quitte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quille is \kij\ while quitte is \kit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quille is recorded at frequency rank #32,972, classified as anoun, pronounced \kij\. 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 34724, this pair ranks #281,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quille vs quitte
Shared letters: eiqu. Private to "quille": l. Private to "quitte": t.
"quille" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quitte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quille" and "quitte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "quille" or "quitte"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "quille" 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 #281,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quille" and "quitte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quille vs quite". 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 #281,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.