Which to use
“quint” and “quite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,956
- “quint” frequency rank
- #49,886
- “quite” frequency rank
- 69842
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quint | quite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cinquième partie dans quelque somme, dans quelque marché, dans quelque succession. | Passe de cape destinée à éloigner le taureau de l’endroit où il pourrait blesser un torero. |
Letter map: quint vs quite
Shared letters muted; letters that set quint and quite apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. quint (CVVCC) and quite (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Spelling & dictionary notes on quint vs quite
quint and quite 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quint is recorded at frequency rank #19,956, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɛ̃\. 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 69842, this pair ranks #53,597 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quint vs quite
Shared letters: iqtu. Private to "quint": n. Private to "quite": e.
"quint" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "quite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quint" and "quite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quint" vs "quite" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "quint" and "quite". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "quint" 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 #53,597 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quint" 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 #53,597 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.