Which to use
“quittent” and “quitter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,228
- “quittent” frequency rank
- #1,538
- “quitter” frequency rank
- 10766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittent | quitter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe quitter. | Laisser quelqu’un quelque part ; se séparer de lui. |
Where the eye mixes quittent and quitter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quittent runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against quitter's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between quittent and quitter
A purely visual mix-up. quittent (\kit\) and quitter (\ki.te\) 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 10766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quittent is recorded at frequency rank #9,228, classified as averb, pronounced \kit\. quitter is at rank #1,538, 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 10766, this pair ranks #411,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quittent vs quitter
Shared letters: eiqtu. Private to "quittent": n. Private to "quitter": r.
"quittent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "quitter" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quittent" for "quitter" ever safe?
Which is more common, "quittent" or "quitter"?
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 "quittent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quitter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittent" and "quitter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quittent vs quitteront". 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 #411,726 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.