Which to use
“quittèrent” and “quitteront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,993
- “quittèrent” frequency rank
- #44,661
- “quitteront” frequency rank
- 82654
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quittèrent | quitteront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de quitter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de quitter. |
Where the eye mixes quittèrent and quitteront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. quittèrent and quitteront follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between quittèrent and quitteront
A purely visual mix-up. quittèrent (\ki.tɛʁ\) and quitteront (\ki.tə.ʁɔ̃\) 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 82654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quittèrent is recorded at frequency rank #37,993, classified as averb, pronounced \ki.tɛʁ\. quitteront is at rank #44,661, tagged as averb, pronounced \ki.tə.ʁɔ̃\.
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 82654, this pair ranks #16,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quittèrent vs quitteront
Shared letters: einqrtu. Private to "quittèrent": è. Private to "quitteront": o.
"quittèrent" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCC · "quitteront" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- quitteront ← qiutteront · qquitteront · quiteront · quitetront · quitteornt · quitternot · quitteronnt · quitterontt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quittèrent" for "quitteront" ever safe?
Frequency check: "quittèrent" vs "quitteront" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "quittèrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quitteront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quittèrent" and "quitteront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quitterait 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 #16,282 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.