Which to use
“quite” is a noun and “quitte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,886
- “quite” frequency rank
- #1,752
- “quitte” frequency rank
- 51638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quite | quitte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Passe de cape destinée à éloigner le taureau de l’endroit où il pourrait blesser un torero. | Libéré d’une dette, d’une obligation, d’un devoir moral. |
Letter map: quite vs quitte
Shared letters muted; letters that set quite and quitte apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. quite runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against quitte's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: quite vs quitte
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: quite is anoun and quitteanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quite is recorded at frequency rank #49,886, classified as anoun. 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 51638, this pair ranks #153,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quite vs quitte
Shared letters: eiqtu. Private to "quite": -. Private to "quitte": -.
"quite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "quitte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quite" and "quitte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quite" vs "quitte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "quite" vs "quitte" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "quite" 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 #153,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quite" and "quitte" 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 #153,535 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.