Which to use
“quittent” and “quittez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,228
- “quittent” frequency rank
- #21,743
- “quittez” frequency rank
- 30971
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittent | quittez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe quitter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quittent and quittez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quittent runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against quittez's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between quittent and quittez
A purely visual mix-up. quittent (\kit\) and quittez (\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 30971, 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\. 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 30971, this pair ranks #306,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quittent vs quittez
Shared letters: eiqtu. Private to "quittent": n. Private to "quittez": z.
"quittent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "quittez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quittent" and "quittez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quittent" vs "quittez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "quittez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittent" and "quittez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quite vs quittez". 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 #306,827 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.