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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quitter" and "quitterai" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "quitter" or "quitterai"?
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.