Which to use
“quittait” and “quittant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,641
- “quittait” frequency rank
- #13,889
- “quittant” frequency rank
- 33530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittait | quittant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe quitter. | Participe présent de quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quittait and quittant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. quittait (CVVCCVVC) and quittant (CVVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses quittait with quittant
A purely visual mix-up. quittait (\ki.tɛ\) 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 a single letter - i in “quittait” becomes n in “quittant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quittait is recorded at frequency rank #19,641, classified as averb, pronounced \ki.tɛ\. 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 33530, this pair ranks #290,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quittait vs quittant
Shared letters: aiqtu. Private to "quittait": -. Private to "quittant": n.
"quittait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "quittant" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quittait" and "quittant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quittait" vs "quittant" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "quittait" 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 #290,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittait" and "quittant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quittait vs quitterait". 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 #290,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.