Which to use
“quitta” and “quittant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,986
- “quitta” frequency rank
- #13,889
- “quittant” frequency rank
- 29875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quitta | quittant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de quitter. | Participe présent de quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quitta and quittant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quitta runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against quittant's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: quitta vs quittant
A purely visual mix-up. quitta (\ki.ta\) and quittant (\ki.tɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “quitta” sits inside “quittant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quitta is recorded at frequency rank #15,986, classified as averb, pronounced \ki.ta\. quittant is at rank #13,889, tagged as averb, pronounced \ki.tɑ̃\.
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 29875, this pair ranks #313,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quitta vs quittant
Shared letters: aiqtu. Private to "quitta": -. Private to "quittant": n.
"quitta" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quittant" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quitta" for "quittant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "quitta" vs "quittant" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "quitta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quittant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quitta" and "quittant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quite vs quitta". 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 #313,915 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.