Which to use
“quittée” and “quittés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,349
- “quittée” frequency rank
- #24,733
- “quittés” frequency rank
- 49082
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittée | quittés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de quitter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de quitter. |
Same sound, different letters: quittée vs quittés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. quittée (CVVCCVV) and quittés (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - quittée / quittés
This is the hard kind. quittée and quittés are pronounced identically (\ki.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “quittée” becomes s in “quittés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49082, 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\. quittés is at rank #24,733, tagged as averb, pronounced \ki.te\.
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 49082, this pair ranks #173,616 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quittée vs quittés
Shared letters: iqtué. Private to "quittée": e. Private to "quittés": s.
"quittée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "quittés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quittée" and "quittés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "quittée" or "quittés"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "quittée" / "quittés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "quittée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quittés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,616 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittée" and "quittés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quite vs quittés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #173,616 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.