quilo vs quite, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“quilo” is a noun and “quite” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,216
“quilo” frequency rank: #44,558
“quite” frequency rank: 58774
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	quilo	quite
Definition	quilograma	livre de dívida ou obrigação

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set quilo and quite apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

quilo

5 ch

quite

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quilo is /ˈki.lu/ while quite is /ˈki.tɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quilo is recorded at frequency rank #14,216, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈki.lu/. quite is at rank #44,558, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈki.tɨ/.

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 58774, this pair ranks #8,546 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of quilo vs quite

Shared letters: iqu. Private to "quilo": lo. Private to "quite": et.

"quilo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "quite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

quilo ← qiulo · qquilo · quillo · quiol · qulio · uqilo
quite ← qiute · qquite · quitte · qutie · uqite

Frequency comparison

quilo#14,216

quite#44,558

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "quilo" and "quite" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "quilo" is a noun and "quite" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "quilo" or "quite"?

"quilo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,216 in our Portuguese list, against #44,558 for "quite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering quilo vs quite

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “quilo”; for an adjective, it's “quite”.
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