Which to use
“quittant” and “quittent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,889
- “quittant” frequency rank
- #9,228
- “quittent” frequency rank
- 23117
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittant | quittent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de quitter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quittant and quittent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. quittant and quittent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: quittant vs quittent
A purely visual mix-up. quittant (\ki.tɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - a in “quittant” becomes e in “quittent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quittant is recorded at frequency rank #13,889, classified as averb, pronounced \ki.tɑ̃\. 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 23117, this pair ranks #354,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quittant vs quittent
Shared letters: inqtu. Private to "quittant": a. Private to "quittent": e.
"quittant" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "quittent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quittant" and "quittent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quittant" vs "quittent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "quittant" and "quittent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quittant" 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 #354,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittant" and "quittent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quittaient vs quittant". 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 #354,253 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.