Which to use
“quittée” and “quittez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,349
- “quittée” frequency rank
- #21,743
- “quittez” frequency rank
- 46092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittée | quittez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de quitter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de quitter. |
Same sound, different letters: quittée vs quittez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. quittée (CVVCCVV) and quittez (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - quittée / quittez
This is the hard kind. quittée and quittez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46092, 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\. quittez is at rank #21,743, 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 46092, this pair ranks #197,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quittée vs quittez
Shared letters: eiqtu. Private to "quittée": é. Private to "quittez": z.
"quittée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "quittez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- quittez ← qiuttez · qquittez · quitetz · quitez · quittezz · quittze · qutitez · uqittez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quittée" and "quittez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "quittée" or "quittez" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "quittée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quittez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittée" and "quittez" 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 #197,663 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.