Which to use
“quittée” and “quittera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,349
- “quittée” frequency rank
- #15,987
- “quittera” frequency rank
- 40336
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittée | quittera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de quitter. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quittée and quittera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quittée runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against quittera's 8 (CVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between quittée and quittera
A purely visual mix-up. quittée (\ki.te\) and quittera (\ki.tə.ʁa\) 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 40336, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quittée is recorded at frequency rank #24,349, classified as averb, pronounced \ki.te\. quittera is at rank #15,987, tagged as averb, pronounced \ki.tə.ʁa\.
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 40336, this pair ranks #241,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quittée vs quittera
Shared letters: eiqtu. Private to "quittée": é. Private to "quittera": ar.
"quittée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "quittera" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- quittera ← qiuttera · qquittera · quitera · quitetra · quittear · quitterra · quittrea · qutitera
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quittée" for "quittera" ever safe?
Which is more common, "quittée" or "quittera"?
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 "quittée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quittera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittée" and "quittera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quite vs quittée". 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 #241,299 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.