Which to use
“quota” and “quotas” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,535
- “quota” frequency rank
- #13,044
- “quotas” frequency rank
- 30579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quota | quotas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quantité limitée ou réglementaire. | Pluriel de quota. |
Same sound, different letters: quota vs quotas
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. quota runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against quotas's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - quota and quotas
This is the hard kind. quota and quotas are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ta\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “quota” sits inside “quotas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quota is recorded at frequency rank #17,535, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ta\. quotas is at rank #13,044, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ta\.
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 30579, this pair ranks #309,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quota vs quotas
Shared letters: aoqtu. Private to "quota": -. Private to "quotas": s.
"quota" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "quotas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quota" and "quotas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "quota" or "quotas"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "quota" / "quotas". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "quota" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quotas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quota" and "quotas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quite vs quota". 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 #309,352 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.