Which to use
“quittent” and “quittons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,228
- “quittent” frequency rank
- #33,857
- “quittons” frequency rank
- 43085
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittent | quittons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe quitter. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quittent and quittons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quittent and quittons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between quittent and quittons
A purely visual mix-up. quittent (\kit\) and quittons (\ki.tɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43085, 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\. quittons is at rank #33,857, tagged as averb, pronounced \ki.tɔ̃\.
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 43085, this pair ranks #220,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quittent vs quittons
Shared letters: inqtu. Private to "quittent": e. Private to "quittons": os.
"quittent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "quittons" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quittent" and "quittons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "quittent" vs "quittons" - which ranks higher?
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 "quittons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittent" and "quittons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quittés vs quittons". 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 #220,735 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.