Which to use
“quittait” and “quitterait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,641
- “quittait” frequency rank
- #44,122
- “quitterait” frequency rank
- 63763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittait | quitterait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe quitter. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quittait and quitterait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. quittait runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against quitterait's 10 (CVVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between quittait and quitterait
A purely visual mix-up. quittait (\ki.tɛ\) and quitterait (\ki.tə.ʁɛ\) 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 63763, 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\. quitterait is at rank #44,122, tagged as averb, pronounced \ki.tə.ʁɛ\.
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 63763, this pair ranks #80,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quittait vs quitterait
Shared letters: aiqtu. Private to "quittait": -. Private to "quitterait": er.
"quittait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "quitterait" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- quittait ← qiuttait · qquittait · quitait · quitatit · quittaitt · quittati · quittiat · qutitait
- quitterait ← qiutterait · qquitterait · quiterait · quitetrait · quittearit · quitteraitt · quitterati · quitteriat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quittait" and "quitterait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quittait" vs "quitterait" - 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 "quittait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quitterait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittait" and "quitterait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quitterai 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 #80,335 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.