quittervsquitteraiTell them apart

Which to use

“quitter” and “quitterai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,538
“quitter” frequency rank
#49,887
“quitterai” frequency rank
51425
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quitter quitterai
Definition Laisser quelqu’un quelque part ; se séparer de lui. Première personne du singulier du futur de quitter.

Where the eye mixes quitter and quitterai

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. quitter runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against quitterai's 9 (CVVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
quitter
9 ch
quitterai

Visual trap between quitter and quitterai

A purely visual mix-up. quitter (\ki.te\) and quitterai (\ki.tə.ʁe\) 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 extra letter(s) - “quitter” sits inside “quitterai”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quitter is recorded at frequency rank #1,538, classified as averb, pronounced \ki.te\. quitterai is at rank #49,887, tagged as averb, pronounced \ki.tə.ʁe\.

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 51425, this pair ranks #155,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of quitter vs quitterai

Shared letters: eiqrtu. Private to "quitter": -. Private to "quitterai": a.

"quitter" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "quitterai" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quitter ← qiutter · qquitter · quiter · quitetr · quitterr · quittre · qutiter · uqitter
  • quitterai ← qiutterai · qquitterai · quiterai · quitetrai · quitteari · quitteria · quitterrai · quittreai

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "quitter" and "quitterai" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ki.te\ versus \ki.tə.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "quitter" or "quitterai"?
"quitter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,538 in our French list, against #49,887 for "quitterai". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "quitter" and "quitterai" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quitter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quitterai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quitter" and "quitterai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quitterai vs quitterait". 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 #155,090 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list