Which to use
“quitta” and “quittés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,986
- “quitta” frequency rank
- #24,733
- “quittés” frequency rank
- 40719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quitta | quittés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de quitter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quitta and quittés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. quitta runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against quittés's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses quitta with quittés
A purely visual mix-up. quitta (\ki.ta\) and quittés (\ki.te\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40719, 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\. quittés is at rank #24,733, tagged as averb, pronounced \ki.te\.
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 40719, this pair ranks #238,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quitta vs quittés
Shared letters: iqtu. Private to "quitta": a. Private to "quittés": sé.
"quitta" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "quittés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- quitta ← qiutta · qquitta · quita · quitat · qutita · uqitta
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quitta" and "quittés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "quitta" vs "quittés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "quittés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quitta" and "quittés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quite vs quittés". 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 #238,419 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.