Which to use
“quinze” is an adjective and “quite” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,955
- “quinze” frequency rank
- #49,886
- “quite” frequency rank
- 52841
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quinze | quite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quatorze plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 15. | Passe de cape destinée à éloigner le taureau de l’endroit où il pourrait blesser un torero. |
Letter map: quinze vs quite
Shared letters muted; letters that set quinze and quite apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. quinze runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against quite's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - quinze and quite
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quinze is anadjective and quiteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quinze is recorded at frequency rank #2,955, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɛ̃z\. 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 52841, this pair ranks #144,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quinze vs quite
Shared letters: eiqu. Private to "quinze": nz. Private to "quite": t.
"quinze" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quinze" for "quite" ever safe?
Frequency check: "quinze" vs "quite" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "quinze" and "quite".
- Full dictionary entry for "quinze" 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 #144,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quinze" 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 #144,889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.