Which to use
“quittent” and “quittèrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,228
- “quittent” frequency rank
- #37,993
- “quittèrent” frequency rank
- 47221
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittent | quittèrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe quitter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quittent and quittèrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. quittent runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against quittèrent's 10 (CVVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between quittent and quittèrent
A purely visual mix-up. quittent (\kit\) and quittèrent (\ki.tɛʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47221, 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\. quittèrent is at rank #37,993, tagged as averb, pronounced \ki.tɛʁ\.
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 47221, this pair ranks #188,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quittent vs quittèrent
Shared letters: einqtu. Private to "quittent": -. Private to "quittèrent": rè.
"quittent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "quittèrent" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- quittent ← qiuttent · qquittent · quitent · quitetnt · quittennt · quittentt · quittetn · quittnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quittent" for "quittèrent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "quittent" or "quittèrent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "quittent" and "quittèrent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quittent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quittèrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittent" and "quittèrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quittèrent 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 #188,584 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.