Which to use
“quittaient” and “quittent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,947
- “quittaient” frequency rank
- #9,228
- “quittent” frequency rank
- 50175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittaient | quittent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe quitter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quittaient and quittent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. quittaient runs 10 letters (CVVCCVVVCC) against quittent's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: quittaient vs quittent
A purely visual mix-up. quittaient (\ki.tɛ\) and quittent (\kit\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50175, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quittaient is recorded at frequency rank #40,947, classified as averb, pronounced \ki.tɛ\. quittent is at rank #9,228, tagged as averb, 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 50175, this pair ranks #164,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quittaient vs quittent
Shared letters: einqtu. Private to "quittaient": a. Private to "quittent": -.
"quittaient" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVVCC · "quittent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- quittaient ← qiuttaient · qquittaient · quitaient · quitatient · quittaeint · quittaiennt · quittaientt · quittaietn
- quittent ← qiuttent · qquittent · quitent · quitetnt · quittennt · quittentt · quittetn · quittnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quittaient" for "quittent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "quittaient" or "quittent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "quittaient" and "quittent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quittaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quittent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittaient" and "quittent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quittaient vs quittèrent". 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 #164,699 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.